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HAND-BOOK 



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MASS, 



A STRANGERS' GUIDE AND RESIDENTS' MANUAL. 



By will. E. EATON. 




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WAKEFIELD, MASS.: 



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THE CITIZEN AND BANNER PRESS. 
1885. 






Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1885, by 

Will. E. Eaton, 

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. 



PRKKAXORY. 



The present work, the first of its kind in Wakefield, 
was undertaken and pubHshed with the advice and wishes 
of many friends, for the purpose of supplying the citizens 
of Wakefield, as well as the stranger, with a small hand- 
book of the town, containing a concise sketch of the 
town's history, and such other valuable matter relating to 
the natural features, the industries, and the statistics of 
AV^akefield, which are of interest and worth to townsmen 
and others ; and to present this information in the small- 
est possible space, and for a price within the reach of 
all. My design, primarily, was that, through its influence, 
good citizens might be attracted to our pretty town, and 
make it a permanent home for themselves and families. 
The history has been obtained to a great extent from the 
"History of Wakefield," by the late Hon. Lilley Eaton. 

I have endeavored, simply and clearly, to state facts 
as they appear, and have studiously avoided unnecessary 
matter. The tables of statistics, especially those relating 
to the expenses of the town in each of its many depart- 
ments, have been prepared with great care. The illustra- 
tions were prepared by the Heliotype Printing Co., of 
Boston, from photographs taken by Mr. George P. Abom 
of Wakefield. 



IV. PREFATORY. 

The result of much labor and considerable expense 
appears in the following pages, and there remains noth- 
ing for me to add, but to express my sincere and warmest 
thanks to those who have in any way assisted me in the 
preparation of this work. I offer this volume as a hum- 
ble memorial of my interest in my native town. My 
inexperience will, I hope, be sufficient excuse for any 
errors which may appear. 

Will. E. Eaton. 

Wakefield, December 25, 1885. 



INDEX. 



Advertisements - - - - - - 117 

Annual Expenses, since 1855, - . - - 76 

Banking Institutions ..... ^3 

Baptist Church ---.-. 37 

Burial Grounds ------ 58 

Business ------ 70 

By-Laws ------ 87 

Congregational Church ----- 36 

Congressional District - ... - 95 

Councillor District .... - g^ 

Dates of Incorporation of neighboring Cities and Towns, 

with Comparative Statemerits of Populations - 94 

District Court - - - - - - 95 

Ecclesiastical History ----- 36 

Emmanuel Church - . . . . 43 

Fire Department . . . . . 27 

First Congregational Society of Greenwood - - 47 

Gas Supply ...... 22 

Hills 14 

History ...... 102 

Industries and Trades - - - - - 61 

Interesting Facts - - - - - 114 

Justices of the Peace . - - . . 92 

Lakes - - - - - - - II 

Medical Examiner's District .... 9^ 

Methodist Episcopal Church .... 40 

Military Affairs ...... 55 



INDEX. VI. 

Montrose Chapel Society .... 48 

Newspapers ------ 49 

Notaries Public ------ 93 

Park ------- 30 

Points of Interest .... - 73 

Post Offices ------ 59 

Property exempted from Taxation - - - 84 

Public Buildings - - - - - 15 

" (insured) - - - - - 85 

" Halls ------ 17 

" Library - - - - - - 18 

" Reading Room - - - - - 19 

" Schools -..--- 34 

Railroad Fq^ilities - - - - - 21 

Representative District ----- 96 

Representatives since 1812 - - - - 96 

Rules and Orders - - - - - 9' 

Salaries of Town Officers - - - - 84 

School Appropriations since 181 2 - - - 86 

Senatorial District ----- 95 

Societies and Clubs - - - - - 5' 

St. Joseph's Church ----- 45 

Streets ------ 14 

Streets laid out - - - - - 115 

Tabulated School Statistics . . - - 35 

Town Farm and Almshouse ... - 29 

Town Officers since i860 ... - 97 

Universalist Church ----- 39 

Valuation Table ... - - 82 

Vital Statistics ------ 85 

Wakefield, General Characteristics - - - 9 

Water Supply ------ 23 



"No soft Italian scenes we boast, 
Our Summer skies less clear; 

But prized, the grandeur of our coast- 
Our rocky hillsides dear. 

No notes of foreign praise we swell, 
Not 'Naples view, and rest !' 

Our invitation is, — 'Come, dwell 
In Wakefield, and be blest\" 



WAKEFIELD. 



Nature has given to Wakefield remarkable advantages 
of situation. With its multitudinous attractions on land 
aud lake, it is as pretty and as picturesque a town as can 
be found in Eastern Massachusetts. She rivals in beauty 
and loveliness of scenery, in pure air and wholesome 
atmosphere, her sister towns, and stands, with her special 
natural and artificial advantages, first and foremost in the 
suburban towns of busy and prosperous Boston. It is 
true that Wakefield can not boast of being the home of 
a Longfellow, a Washington, or other literary and mili- 
tary heroes of distinction. No massive and majestic 
temples of art adorn her streets ; no monuments of great 
height tower above her grassy slopes in commanding and 
significant splendor. Yet, notwithstanding she is wanting 
in many of these special features — possessing as she does 
so large a share of scenic beauty, so abundantly provided 
with gas, and a pure and never-failing water supply, con- 
taining school facilities of unusual and acknowledged 
excellence, having within her limits manufactures and 
industries of no inconsiderable importance, so conve- 



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niently connected with bands of iron with the leading 
business centres in this section of the country, being 
situated as she is in the very midst of a circle of large 
and flourishing commercial cities, having unrivalled lake 
and hill scenery, together with excellent boating facilities, 
containing within her bounds such a magnificent park, 
and with her many benevolent, financial and literary 
institutions — it is not at all surprising that Wakefield has 
gathered into her peaceful and quiet domain, from all 
ends of the earth, a goodly number of people, and man- 
ufactories, which are yearly on the increase. 

Wakefield, containing 4,568 acres, is bounded on the 
north by the town of Reading, on the east by Lynnfield 
and Saugus, on the south by Melrose, and on the west 
by Stoneham and Reading. Its central village is in 
latitude 42 deg., 30 min., 26 sec, north, and in longitude 
71 deg., 4 min., 42 sec, west from Greenwich. 

Her early history may be found elsewhere in these 
pages. From early colonial times, down to the present 
day, she has steadily grown in opulence, prosperity and 
importance. Her children have won fame and eminence 
within and beyond her boundaries. 

As early as the year 1645, ^^ ancient historian, familiar 
with the locality, remarked that Wakefield "is well watered, 
situate about a great pond, and her habitation is fallen in 
the very centre of the country." To one interested in 
the study of antiquity, and the persevering efforts with 
which a settlement begun in the centre of a dense prime- 
val wilderness struggled out from insignificance into one 
the most prosperous and attractive representative towns 



HAND-P.OOK OF WAKEFrELD. I I 

of Massachusetts, our pretty and inviting village furnishes 
an excellent opportunity for such study. Much deserving 
tribute of veneration and respect is due to those hardy 
settlers of 1639 and later, whose heroic and noble efforts 
made less difficult the achievements of the generations 
which followed them. 

Let us look about the town for visible evidences of the 
town's weal and affluence. We see dispersed here and 
there, on every side, public buildings of varied and 
pleasing architectural design, and substantially built 
dwelling houses, neat and convenient, with beautiful and 
alluring surroundings. Large and costly residences, 
beautiful to look at, and some even approaching magnifi- 
cence, are clustered about the centre and more thickly- 
settled sections of the town, and on the shores of the 
lakes, — all evidences of a happy, prosperous and con- 
tented people. 

The sanitary condition of the town will bear favorable 
comparison with that of neighboring cities and towns. 
Steps will be probably be taken within a few years look- 
ing to the establishment of a permanent public system of 
sewerage. Our streets are clean, and everything about 
the town has a wholesome and tidy appearance. 

LAKES. 

There are two lakes within the limits of the town, 
which in themselves, with their surroundings, present 
attractions unequalled in this neighborhood. The largest 
of them is Lake Quannapowitt, located a little distance 



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to the north of the central part of the village, and about 
which a local writer has the following appropriate lines : 



"Fair Lake ! how oft I've wandered o'er 
Thy grassy banks and pebbled shore, 
While on thy surface sunbeams played, 
And distant trees, in lengthened shade. 
Met the mild skies ethereal blue, 
When can I cease to think of you?" 

This beautiful sheet of clear, blue water covers about 
264 acres. Its southern and northern shores are covered 
by a smooth and sandy or gravelly margin sloping gently 
and gracefully down to the water's edge. In shape the 
lake is quite irregular, but is stated approximately to be 
about one mile in length, and one-half mile in width. 
"Cemetery Point" juts out on the west shore at a point 
about half way up the lake, giving a varied and rather 
pleasing aspect to the western border of the pond. Its 
outlet is the Saugus river which, forming a part of the 
northern and eastern boundaries of the town, flows on its 
circuitous way through Saugus into the great Atlantic, 
being joined on its way by Mill river, the outlet of 
Crystal Lake. 

Lake Quannapowitt was well stocked with bass, salmon 
and other fish several years ago, and the piscatory sport 
may be called good at the present time. Fishing is 
carried on under the direction and supervision of a Board 
of Fish Committee, annually elected by the town, and it 
has been through their zealous efforts in a large degree 



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that this sport is allowed to become more enjoyable, and 
in a certain sense more profitable as the years draw on. 
Only the inhabitants of Wakefield are permitted to fish 
in this lake, and they only after having obtained a permit 
from the Committee. I'he fishing season commences on 
the first of July, and closes on the first of November 
each year. During this period fishing is permitted on 
Wednesdays from sunrise until sunset, and on Satur- 
days from 12 o'clock m. until sunset. The banks of 
Lake Quannapowitt, though nowhere wild and precipi- 
tous, present scenes and views of rare and varied beauty. 
Many fine residences enhance the natural prospect of 
the eastern shore, or, as it is frequently called, "Lake- 
side." The Public Park fronts on the south shore of the 
lake. 

Crystal Lake, which in size is considerably smaller than 
her sister lake, contains about sixty-four acres, and is so 
hemmed in by surrounding elevations of land and artifi- 
cial attractions, in the shape of handsome dwelling-houses 
and pleasant and spacious grounds, as to afford much 
beautiful and romantic scenery. The rise of land to the 
west of the pond furnishes many fine building sites. On 
the north shore is located the sightly pumping station of 
the Wakefield Water Company, with the unique residence 
of the Superintendent of the Works. Here, by means 
of two large Knowles pumps in the station, pure, crystal 
water is furnished to the inhabitants of Wakefield and 
Stoneham for fire and domestic purposes. The Boston 
and Maine Railroad skirts its eastern margin, and passen- 
gers on the trains witness panoramic scenes of exceeding 



14 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEP^IELD. 

beauty. Two small islands dot the surface of the 
lake at its lower end. 

"From rounded Cedar's airy crest, 

View lake, with leafy hem, — 
Two fairy islands on its breast, 

Shining a crystal gem." 

HILLS. 

Who is there that has had an opportunity to range 
about the woody, rock-bound hills that extend along our 
eastern and western borders, who failed to perceive that 
Wakefield is encompassed by some of Nature's most 
delightful and inviting scenery? Many are the pleasant 
walks and rambles which radiate from the town around 
and about these hills. The principal elevations are Cow- 
drey's Hill, Cedar Hill, Hart's Hill, Prospect Hill, 
Castle Rock (just over the Wakefield-Saugus line) 
and Tudor's Hill. 

STREETS. 

The streets of Wakefield number ninety, and are 
lighted by sixty-eight street hghts, and a considerable 
number of kerosene lamps. The streets are kept in 
unusually good condition at much labor and expense. 
The digging up of the principal town ways, in 1882, for 
the laying of the water pipes of the Wakefield Water 
Company, placed them is rather poor condition for some 
time, but under the management of an efficient Board of 
Road Commissioners the streets have again assumed their 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 1 5 

wonted evenness and solidity. The town annually appro- 
priates $5,000, or more, to keep our highways and bridges 
in proper shape. The many and pleasant drives in and 
about the town have long been a source of boasting for 
ourselves, and a genuine pleasure for visitors. 

PUBLIC BUILDINQS. 

Although Wakefield boasts no distinction for her public 
buildings she has those which are worthy of more than a 
passing notice, and which our people point to with not a 
little pride. The principal of the architectural structures 
and most central public building is the Town Hall, located 
on the corner of Main and Water streets, a public edifice 
unsurpassed in the town for the beauty of its architec- 
tural design, the thoroughness of its workmanship, 
the convenience of its numerous apartments, and the 
elegance of its spacious audience hall. 

This stately edifice was the munificent gift of the 
late Cyrus Wakefield. The dedicatory exercises of 
the Town Hall Building occurred February 22, 1871, 
at which time Mr. Wakefield formally presented the title- 
deeds and keys of the building to the representatives of 
the town. 

Next to the Town Hall, in beauty of design, stands the 
Baptist Church, on Main street, prominent among the 
adorning features of our main thoroughfare. The High 
School Building, the Congregational and the Universalist 
churches, the Episcopal Chapel, and St. Joseph's and the 
Methodist churches, are representative and significant 



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TOWN HALL. 



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Structures of beauty and usefulness. Among the large 
business blocks, may be mentioned Walton's Block, 
Gate's Building, Butler's Block, Connell and Curley's 
Block, Wakefield's Block, Perkins' Block, Kingman's 
Block, Brown's Block, Millers' Building, the Bank Build- 
ing, and many others of less dimensions. 



The large audience hall in the Town Hall building 
Tanks first in beauty, as well as in seating and stage 
accommodations. The seating capacity is 1164 divided 
as follows : floor, 704, and galleries, 460. Memorial 
Hall, situated in the north east corner of the same build- 
ing, on the first floor, is handsomely and appropriate!) 
furnished. This hall contains marble tablets, encased in 
a black walnut finish, on which are inscribe'd the names 
of those honored soldiers of Wakefield who died victims 
of the Great Rebellion. The walls are hung with the 
portraits of many veterans, of the late war, including an 
excellent picture of the late Maj. H, M. Warren, in 
whose honor Post 12, G. A, R. A^as named. Several 
years ago this hall was fitted up with tables and other 
appurtenances and has since been utiHzed as a Public 
Reading Room, and here our youth as well as those 
persons of more mature years can inform and amuse 
themselves through th*e perusal of the daily, weekly, 
monthly and other publications here provided. King- 
man's Hall, in Kingman's Block, over the Post Office, is 



15 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIKI,D. 

much used for social parties, assemblies and similar 
purposes. Albion Hall on Albion street, formerly occu- 
pied by the Methodist Society, is now utilized by the 
Knights of Labor. It has a fine floor for dancing. Odd 
Fellows' Hall, located in Walton's Block on Main street, 
Armory Hall, in the old Town Hall building at the corner 
of Main and Salem streets, Perkins' Hall on Mechanic 
Street, Grand Army Hall in the east end of Wakefield's 
Block, with entrance on Lincoln street, old G. A. R. 
Hall in Walton's Block, and St. Joseph's Hall on Murray 
street, are public assemblage places of importance, besides 
having their regular uses. 



PUBL.IC LIBRARY. 

Wakefield was one of the first towns in the Common- 
wealth to avail herself of the provisions of an act of the 
Legislature authorizing towns to establish and support 
public libraries. 

The Beebe Town Library was established in 1856 and 
was at that time called the "South Reading Library." 
The change to its present name was made in 1868 in 
honor of the late Lucius Beebe, Esq., a generous contrib- 
utor to its funds. The Library is located in a spacious 
room in the northwest comer of the Town Hall building 
on Main street, and contains some over 8000 volumes. 
Mrs. Hattie A. Shepard is the accompUshed and efficient 
hbrarian. The Library is open regularly on the evenings 
of Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 7 until 9 



HAND-KOOK OF WAKEFFELD. 1 9 

o'clock, and on Wednesday and Saturday afternoons from 
2 until 5 o'clock. The Public Library has become a 
permanent institution, is firmly fixed in the popular 
regard, and thousands of books distributed weekly afford 
unbounded profit and pleasure to young and old. 
The government and general superintendence of the 
Library is in charge and under direct supervision of a 
Board of Trustees, chosen annually by the town, and 
who serve without compensation. 



PUBLIC RKADING ROOIVI. 

Wakefield is noted for the attention which it gives to 
institutions calculated to develop and improve the moral 
and intellectual condition of her citizens. The Public 
Reading Room was established in Memorial Hall, Town 
Hall building, in 1883, in conformity with a vote of the 
town passed May 7th, 1883. Here on large tables may 
be found all the valuable and popular daily, weekly and 
monthly publications of celebrity and usefulness. Its 
central location, its proximity to the Public Library, and 
convenient and pleasant accommodations for teachers, 
scholars and the public at large, make the room a pleas- 
urable and beneficial resort. The Reading Room is 
open every week-day evening from 7 until 10 o'clock, 
with the exception of a short time during the summer 
months, when special rules are in order, and on Monday, 
Wednesday and Saturday afternoons of each week from 
2 until 5 o'clock, and is Free to All. 



20 hand-book of wakefield. 

Periodicals on the Tables of the Reading Room. 

Quarterlies. — North American Review. 

Monthlies. — Eclectic ; Popular Science ; Century ; At- 
lantic ; Blackwood's Review ; Harper's ; Chambers' 
Journal ; Hall's Journal of Health ; School Journal ; 
Poultry ; American Agriculturist ; Carpentry and 
Building; Godey's Lady's Book; All the Year 
Round ; Our Continent ; Wheelman. 

Fortnightly. — Literary World. 

Weeklies. — Metal W^orker ; Forest and Stream ; Courier 
Des Etats-Unis ; American Bee Journal ; Youths' 
Companion ; Scientific American ; American Archi- 
tect ; Woman's Journal ; Washington World ; Har- 
per's Bazaar; Harper's Weekly; Frank Leslie's 
Illustrated ; Popular Science ; Weekly Telegram ; 
Judge ; Puck ; Life ; Punch ; Springfield Republi- 
can ; Irish World ; Pilot ; Wakefield Citizen and 
Banner ; Wakefield Bulletin ; Transcript. 

Dailies. — Boston Herald ; Boston Globe ; New York 
Graphic. 

Trustees of Beebe Town Library and Reading Room. 

Thomas Winship, Joseph M. Skulley, George H. 
Teague, Solon O. Richardson, John R. Mansfield, Ches- 
ter W. Eaton, Charles A. Dean, Otis Y. Waterman, 
Jacob C. Hartshorne, Cyrus Wakefield, * William H. 
Morrison, William N. Tyler, Thomas L. Wlialen, Geo. 
H. Towle, William F. Young, Eugene O'Hea, Stephen 
W. Lufkin, S. K. Hamilton, R. H. Mitchell. 

* Removed to Manchester, N. H. 



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RAILROAD FACILII^IKS. 

Wakefield is quite a railroad centre. The natural 
character of the country in and about \\'akefield flanked 
on either side by towering hills, seems to compel the 
various railway lines coming from the north, northeast 
and east, to converge at the Junction and to pursue 
their way together between the steep slopes of Hart's 
Hill and the margin of Crystal Lake, through the pretty 
village of Greenwood to the busy metropolis. 

AVakefield is in direct communication with all the 
principal cities in f^astern Massachusetts, including Bos- 
ton, Salem, Newburyport, Maiden, Somerville, Haverhill, 
Lawrence, Lowell and with Concord, Manchester and 
Dover, N. H. and Portland, Me., and in close connection 
with all the attractive sea-shore resorts on the seacoast 
of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine. Inhere 
are three lines at present running through the town, all 
controlled by the Boston & Maine R. R. Corporation ; 
the direct line from Boston to Portland being known as 
the main line ; from Boston to Newbur)q)ort, known as 
the "Newburyport Branch" or the "Danvers Railroad;" 
and from Boston to Salem, via Wakefield, known as the 
*'South Reading Branch." 

With all the above named cities, besides other cities 
beyond and in other states, and towns and villages of 
lesser importance between the cities above named, Wake- 
field has easy and rapid communication. 

At present our town has 22 mward and 22 outward 
trains on every week-day, and 1 2 trains for Boston, and 



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9 returning on Sundays, from the Upper Depot. From 
the Centre Station there are lo outward and lo inward 
trains each day, Sundays excepted. The average running 
time of inward trains is about 32 minutes, the quickest 
time being 26 minutes. The average running time of 
the outward trains is 31 minutes. There are seven 
depots within the town hmits where cars may be taken 
for Boston. Thus it will be seen that Wakefield is within 
one-half an hour's ride of busy Boston, and therefore 
affords an excellent home for business men of the city, 
who may desire residences for their families in our town. 



OAS SUPRIvY. 

Wakefield was without gas for the lighting (»f streets 
and for general use until i860, when the Citizens' Gas 
Light Company of Reading, Wakefield and Stoneham 
was incorporated, with a capital of ^100,000. The gas 
house and buildings utilized in the manufacture and stor- 
age of the gas, are situated on Railroad St. This industry 
although of modern origin, is a most useful one. By it 
our public streets are made almost as safe in night as in 
the day time, and our public halls, our private residences 
and places of business are furnished with a steady and 
brilliant light. The Company's pipes cover over twenty 
miles of streets in the three towns, and furnish the best 
quahty of gas to consumers, at $3.50 per 1000 feet. Our 
well known and genial fellow citizen, Buchanan B. Bur- 
bank, is the Superintendent of the Works. 



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By an act of the Legislature of Massachusetts approved 
May 4, 1872, the Quannapowitt Water Company was 
incorporated for the purpose of furnishing the inhabitants 
of Wakefield and Stoneham, with water for fire and 
domestic purposes. The Company was given the author- 
ity to take, hold, and convey, into and through these 
towns the waters of Lake Quannapowitt, or Crystal Lake, 
or both, in the town of Wakefield, together with the 
tributary waters which flow to either of the said lakes. 
Among the gentlemen prominently interested in the 
Company at this time, were Cyrus Wakefield, Lucius 
Beebe and James F. Emerson of Wakefield, and John 
Hill, H. H. Mawhinney, Onslow Gilmore of Stoneham 
and Francis H. Knight of Reading. It was explicitly 
set forth in said Act of Incorporation that should "the 
supply of water prove insufficient for more than one 
town, for domestic purposes, the town of Wakefield 
shall be first supplied," and that "nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to preclude the right of the town of 
Reading to take water from either or both of said lakes, 
whenev<er so authorized by the Legislature." 

For several years the Company took no active steps 
toward the introduction of water into our town or Stone- 
ham. Meetings were held only as often as the law 
prescribed. 

About the year 1881 the Quannapowitt Water Compa- 
ny submitted a proposition to the town to supply it with 
water for fire and domestic purposes, but it was not 



24 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 

accepted by the town. Committees were appointed, 
new propositions were presented, but still no action by 
the town. Matters continued thus for many months 
until finally at a town meeting, held July 3, 1882, it was 
voted, 563 to 250, "that the town choose a committee 
of five citizens, who shall be fully authorized, in the name 
and behalf of the town, to make and sign a contract 
with the Quannapowitt Water Company for the purpose 
of providing the thickly settled portions of the town, 
with not less than sixty (60) fire hydrants, and a suffi- 
cient supply of water for fire protecdon on the proposed 
line of water pipes of said company ; said hydrants to be 
located and placed at such points as may be agreed upon 
by the contracting parties, and that said Committee be 
empowered and directed to make and execute said 
contract for a term of ten (10) years, and for a sum not 
exceeding the amount of three thousand ($3000) dollars 
for each year of said contract, payments to be made at 
the end of each six months' use of said hydrants, provid- 
ed, however, that said contract shall not be binding upon 
the town, until it shall have been made and executed by 
said Committee, and the properly authorized officers of 
said Water Company." 

Messrs. William S. Greenough, Thos. Emerson, Chas. 
W. Trow, Arlon S. Atherton and Buchanan B. Burbank, 
as the Committee and as representatives of the town, 
made and executed the contract with the company, and 
their report accepted Apr. 2, 1883. 

Precisely at 6.55 o'clock on the morning of May 12th, 
1883, the Water Company commenced to open the 



HAND-P.OOK OF WAKEFIELD. . 25 

trenches for the laying of the water pipes, and before the 
close of the year the inhabitants of Wakefield and Stone- 
ham were in possession of, and using pure water from 
Crystal Lake. 

The name of the Company was changed from Quanna- 
powitt Water Company to Wakefield Water Company by 
an act of the Legislature, passed xA.pril 23, 1883. 

The work of construction was performed under the 
superintendence of Percy M. Blake, C. E. of Hyde 
Park. The street pipes were furnished by Messrs. 
(joodhue and Birnie of Springfield, and laid under the 
supervision of Supt. Edward J. Chadbourne ; the service 
pipes by George Goodhue of Concord, N. H., and laid 
under the direction of Supt. Chas. H. Rollins ; the pumps 
by the Knowles Steam Pump Works of Boston ; and the 
resen^oir, holding 565,000 gallons, by Kendall & Roberts 
of Carabridgeport. The pumping station and engineer's 
residence, located on the north shore of Crystal Lake 
were constructed by the late George Packard. Mr. B. 
B. Burbank was the Superintendent until May i, 1885 
when he resigned, and was succeeded by Mr. George W. 
Harrington the present Superintendent, as well as engi- 
neer at the Pumping Station. Mr. D. H. Darling is 
President and Mr. C. H. Evans the Treasurer and Secre- 
tary of the Company, the capital stock of which is 
$30,000. 

Location of the Fire Hydrants in Wakefield. 

1 Cor. Broadway and Lake. 3 Cor. Maple and Lake. 

2 Foot of Oak on Lake, 4 Head of Oak on Albion. 



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5 Cor. Cedar and Albion. 29 Cor. Wave ave. and Main. 

6 On Albion, half way between 30 Cor. Lawrence and Main. 

Cedar and Gould. 31 Cor. Salem and Main. 

7 Cor. Albion and Gould. 32 On Salem front of Miss C. N. 

8 Chestnut, front Mrs. Leggett's. Evans'. 

9 Cor. Chestnut and Cedar. 2,^ Cor. Pleasant and Salem. 

10 Cor. Railroad and Albion. 34 On Pearl, front of Mrs. Sarah 

11 On Albion, west of Methodist Sweetser's 

Church. 35 On Pleasant, front ot W. J. 

12 In front of W. H. Wiley's Bridger's. 

on Albion. 36 On Bryant, about half way 

13 Cor. Albion and Main. between Pleasant and Main. 

14 West Water, between Rail- 37 Cor. Bryant and Main. 

road and Main. 38 On Park front Capt. E. D. 

15 On Chestnut, front of T. J. Eldridge's. 

Skinner's 39 Cor. Park and Pleasant. 

16 On Chestnut, front of Dr. E. 40 Cor. Eaton and Pleasant. 

P. Colby's. 41 On Eaton, front of Mason S. 

17 Cor. Chestnut and Railroad. Southworth's 

18 Front of C.H. Tufts on Avon. 42 Cor. Crescent and Main. 

19 Cor. Avon and Main. 43 Front of W. G. Skinner's, on 

20 Yale Avenue, front of D. P. Crescent. 

Lane's. 44 Cor. Centre and Main. 

21 Yale Avenue, front of Geo. 45 Cor. Otis and Pleasant. 

H. Towle's. 46 On Crescent, at the head of 

22 On Railroad between Avon Mechanic. 

and Yale Ave. 47 In front of John Alexander's 

23 Church, in front of Wm. Restaurant on Main. 

Deadman's. 48 Cor. Lincoln and Crescent. 

24 On Lafayette in front of John 49 Cor. Water and Main. 

G. Morrill's. 50 Cor. Water and Crescent. 

25 Cor. ofCommon& Lafayette. 51 Cor. Pleasant and Vernon. 

26 Cor. Cordis and Main. 52 On Water, side of Rattan 

27 Cor. Sweetser and Main. Buildings. 

28 Cor. Bliss Ct. and Main. 53 Main, front of L. Beebe Est. 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 27 

54 Cor. Melvin and Water. 58 On Main, front of Freeman 

55 On Main, front of Cyrus Emmons'. 

Wakefield's. 59 Cor. Charles and Main. 

56 On Main, front of Miss E. 60 On Main, at Junction, below 

M. Gardner's. Mrs. Harriet X. Flint's resi- 

57 Cor. Nahant and Main. dance. 



KIRE OEP^RTMENX. 

The fire department of \V'akefield is, without boasting, 
a most efficient one. I'he means supplied for protection 
against the ravages of fire have long been the pride of 
our people. A glance at our town's history shows that 
Wakefield has been remarkably exempt from large and 
disastrous conflagrations. The large fire at the Rattan 
Company's Works, on Water street, in 1881, was the 
most serious fire which ever occurred in Wakefield. 
This loss, however, was only temporary, as new buildings, 
in which brick took the place of wood, were at once 
erected. 

The Department is now well provided with brave and 
discreet officers and alert men and good machines. We 
have one Silsby steam fire engine, purchased at a cost 
of S3400, one Chemical, at present stationed in Montrose, 
one hook and ladder company, one hose company, one 
large Lowry hydrant, situated on the 12-inch main water 
pipe, in front of the Town Hall, and sixty fire hydrants, 
(the water for the hydrants being furnished by the 
Wakefield Water Company, at an annual expense to the 
town of $3000), many thousand feet of hose, and all 



28 HAND-BOOK OF WAKKFIKLD. 

Other appliances necessary for a successful contest with 
the fiery element. In addition to the regular depart- 
ment, the town has 50 Johnson hand force pumps loca- 
ted in specified localities in town, to say nothing of 
several hundred of these valuable and useful pumps, 
scattered over every section of the village, owned by 
private citizens. Another organization for the protection 
from fire needs to be mentioned. This is the Wakefield 
Home Fire Protective Association, organized November 
10, 1882, mainly through the earnest efforts of Mr. Rufus 
Kendrick, and maintained and supported by private 
enterprise. It is an independent, volunteer association, 
numbering very nearly 420 members, who are assessed 
one dollar each to defray the ordinary running expenses. 
Rewards are paid for every honest effort at a fire, and so 
victorious has the association been in its many and not- 
able contests with fire, that it is doubtless one of the 
best fire protections and extinguishers which we have in 
our midst. The machinery of the company consists of a 
supply wagon located at Hathaway 's stable on Mechanic 
street, which carries not only a large supply of the John- 
son hand force pumps, hose, water buckets, axes, steel 
bars, ladders, poles, ropes, rakes, hooks, but also water 
contained in six ten-gallon kegs, and in fact every other 
known practical appliance for instant attack upon fires in 
their varied conditions. The Fountain Engine Company 
is another private institution, and often rivals the town 
department in its promptness and efforts to save prop- 
erty. The engine house of this company is on the 
comer of Lincoln and Crescent streets. The town has 



HAND-HOOK OF WAKEFIKLD. 2() 

also the old "Yale Engine" which in willing hands is 
capable of doing good service at a fire. Reservoirs and 
hydrants in every part of the town, together with the 
two lakes, furnish an abundant supply of water for fire 
purposes. 

The excellence of our fire department has a great 
effect in securing to owners of buildings, an appreciable 
reduction in the cost of insurance. 

Our citizens have always been ready to appropriate 
liberal sums of money for the procuring of such new 
machines and appliances as promised the best prevention 
and protection against fire, as well as to insure the com- 
fort of the people and the safety of their property. 



TOWN I^J^RWL AND ALMSHOUSE 

Our Town Farm, located in that section of Wakefield 
known as Woodville, contains between ninety and one 
hundred acres of land, divided into tillage, pasture, 
mowing and woodland. In addition to the Town Farm 
proper, the town owns quite a number of acres of swamp 
and pasture land in the near vicinity of the farm which 
is also under the control of the keeper of the Almshouse. 
The soil of the farm, has, until within a few years, been 
regarded as less fertile and inferior to the ordinary lands 
of the town, but under the careful management of the 
present keeper, Mr. George E. Donald, who is an expe- 
rienced and practical farmer, the farm has nearly become 
a self-supporting institution. The large and commo- 



30 HAND-BOOK OK WAKKFIKLD. 

dious Almshouse in which Mr. and Mrs. Donald and the 
inmates reside, presents a homelike and comfortable 
appearance, without the semblance of extravagance. 
Everything connected with the farm and its buildings is 
neatly kept, and the general condition of affairs about 
the premises reflects great credit on the present incum- 
bent. 

xA^ccording to the Report of the Overseers of the Poor 
for 1885 the average number of inmates for that year 
was eight and the average cost per week per inmate was 
^3.77 against seven inmates with an average cost of ^3.93 
each in 1884. 

The Farm and Almshouse were purchased of Capt. 
Thos. Emerson, by the town, in 1825 for ^3,275. The 
Keepers have been as follows ; namely : 



1826- 


■'31 


Allen Rowe. 


1856- 


-'57 


Isaac Osgood. 


I83I— 


-'35 


Samuel Snow. 


1857- 


-'58 


Jacob Padver. 


1835- 


-'36 


Thos. Houghton. 


1858- 


-'63 


James W. Dean, 


1836- 


-'40 


Wm. Newhall. 


1863- 


-'64 


Horace Lewis. 


1840— 


-'43 


John Eaton. 


1864- 


-'80 


Joseph Tuttle. 


1843- 


-'46 


Wm. Newhall. 


1880- 


-'82 


J. C. Rounds. 


1849- 


-'50 


Zenas Carey. 


1882- 


- 


Geo. E. Donald 


1850— 


-'56 


Wm. Xewhall. 




• 





OUR PAKK. 



Among the pleasing and attractive landscape features 
which greet with "glad surprise" the eye of the stranger 
visiting Wakefield, is the Public Park, beautifully situated 
on the south shore of Lake Quannapowitt, almost in the 
heart of the town. Until within a few years very little 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. ' 3' 

attention has been given to the improvement of the 
"New Park," lying between C'hurch street and the lake, 
which was purchased by the town in 1871. A paltry sum 
of money was appropriated each year, which, together 
with the meagre sum derived from the sale of grass, was 
deemed sufficient to give the "Common Extension" a 
fair and presentable external appearance. 

In "Our Town," a paper which appeared in 1878, we 
find the following allusion to the old Common : "Some 
who read this paper will remember, when this enclosure 
was indeed a common to man and beast, being unfenced 
as well as ungraded,— when it looked as unpromising as 
the new possession. A ditch passed through it, and 
some parts of it being depressed, were the receptacle of 
tin chips and rubbish. In the winter it served as a skat- 
ing park." Such, in truth, was the condition of the Park 
within the easy remembrance of scores of our citizens. 
Nor was, there any particular interest taken in the matter 
of preserving and beautifying the public land until 1883 
when Cornelius Sweetser, late of Saco, Me., and a native 
of Wakefield, in his will, bequeathed to the town the 
sum of $10,000, to be used and expended in furnishing 
and beautifying a public park. One of the conditions 
under which this gift was bestowed, was that the town 
should raise and appropriate an equal sum to be 
devoted to the same use and purpose. 

May 7, 1883, the town voted to accept the gift of 
Cornelius Sweetser, as bequeathed in his will, and also 
voted (132 to 4) to raise $10,000 in accordance with the 
provisions of said will. 



32 HAND-HOOR OF WAKKllKLn. 

At a special meeting, held Jan. 21, 1884, the town 
voted to accept an act passed by the Legislature of 1882 
authorizing towns and cities to lay out public parks within 
their limits, and at the annual meeting held April 7, 1884, 
Messrs. James H. Carter, David H. Darling and James 
F. Emerson, were elected a Board of Park Commission- 
ers for the year next ensuing. Under their supervision 
two lots of land were purchased on the east shore of 
Lake Quannapowitt, between the lake and Main street, 
owned by heirs of John White and by Thomas Emerson, 
for $2000 and Si 800 respectively. The whole Park, 
excepting the extension last named, was graded ; new 
gravelled and concrete walks and malls laid out ; new 
fences constructed and old ones repaired and improved ; 
and a thorough system of drainage established by the 
Commissioners. A ''Rockery," with a fountain and basin 
in the centre, was also built at an expense of about 
$5000, on the "Litde Park" opposite the Baptist Church. 
The work was carried out under plans prepared by Mr. 
Ernest W. Bowditch of Boston, one of the leading land- 
scape gardeners in the country. During the year 
$13,830.23 was expended on the Park. 

At the annual meeting in April 1885, the term of the 
Park Commissioners having expired, Messrs. David H. 
Darling, R. Pote Wait and Edwin Sweetser were elected 
for the municipal year 1885-6. Mr. Sweetser is a nephew 
of the late Cornelius Sweetser, the devisee of the munifi- 
cent gift of $10,000. Under their directions the work of 
improving the Park has been vigorously prosecuted. A 
granite curbing has been constructed on the east and 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 33 

south borders of the New Park, concrete walks laid out, 
a public drinking fountain erected, a new music pavilion 
of unique and elaborate design constructed, the latter at 
a cost of about ;5 2,500, and the Park otherwise given a 
beautiful and inviting appearance. Some over $6000 has 
been expended by the present Board. 

If there is any one thing of which Wakefield may 
justly feel proud, it is her fine Park. The special 
features, aside from the artistic manner in which it is 
laid out, the careful manner in which is tended, and its 
very central location, are its noble trees, and the scenery 
afforded by the adjoining lake and distant views of forest 
and hills. Seats are conveniently located under the 
shade trees, and serve as enjoyable resting places for 
thousands during the year. The extension of Pearl 
street through a portion of the Park, to a junction with 
Church street, was a matter of public convenience 
and has done much to improve the appearance of the 
Park at that point. As you proceed northward from 
the village, the Universalist Church appears on the 
right of the Park, while on the left is the Baptist Church, 
the $70,000 High School House and the Congregational 
Church. As another has truly remarked, it -looks "as 
though the Common were hemmed in and guarded by 
literature and religion." Wakefield is the only town in 
this region which is in possession of a beautiful and 
attractive public park. May her people live long to 
enjoy it ! 



34 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 

OUR F^UBLIC SCHOOLS. 

No department of our town has a larger hold on the 
people than the public schools. The citizens have always 
looked upon our system of educational instruction with 
feelings of pride and peculiar favor. The fountains of 
intellectual training and culture for the younger portion 
of our community, have been kept open and freely flow- 
ing, generously sustained by the constant contributions of 
the citizens, and our young people stimulated to acquire 
such an education as will make them useful, intelligent 
and respectable citizens. 

The Wakefield Public Schools, according to the Town 
Report for the fiscal year ending March ist, 1885, 
comprise twenty-four schools, taught by twenty-six effi- 
cient and accomplished teachers, and supported at an 
annual expense of between $18,000 and $19,000. The 
system of education, including all appointments of teach- 
ers, the preparation of the various grades of study, the 
disbursement of monies, &c., is under the direct control 
of a Board of School Committee elected by the town. 

During the twenty-one years since 1864, the number 
of our schools has increased two-fold, and the number of 
instructors has increased from thirteen, to twenty-six, 
while the registers of the schools show an average attend- 
ance of over one thousand pupils for the present year. 

The following table gives the number of schools* 
number of scholars, expense of schools, and average cost 
per pupil for the past twenty years : 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIEI.D. 



35 



TABULATED SCHOOL STATISTICS. 









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J= rt 


c 22 -S 




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c/: == bfl 








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^I 


1^1 






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E^'S 




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'-J 


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1864 


12 


14 


525 


$4,848 


JO 


$7 09 


$2 14 


$ 9 23 


1865 


12 


13 


562 


5,067 


24 


7 06 


I 95 


9 01 


1866 


13 


14 


590 


7,041 


17 


8 33 


3 60 


II 93 


1867 


13 


14 


650 


8,951 


70 


8 47 


5 30 


13 77 


1868 


13 


14 


722 


8,277 


30 


8 10 


3 36 


II 46 


1869 


14 


15 


572 


9,479 


27 


10 75 


5 82 


16 57 


1870 


14 


15 


614 


8,564 


78 


10 29 


3 66 


13 95 


I87I 


14 


15 


664 


9,532 


65 


10 48 


3 88 


14 36 


1872 


16 


18 


646 


17,349 


18 


13 65 


13 21 


26 86 


1873 


16 


18 


837 


14,830 


09 


II 65 


6 07 


17 72 


1874 


17 


18 


890 


16,453 


53 


13 52 


4 96 


18 48 


1875 


17 


18 


865 


13,460 


30 


12 08 


3 48 


15 56 


1876 


18 


19 


916 


13,567 


61 


II 86 


2 95 


14 81 


1877 


18 


20 


866 


12,220 


01 


II 33 


2 79 


14 12 


1878 


18 


21 


836 


13,116 


39 


12 50 


3 18 


1568 


1879 


17 


21 


807 


11,507 


95 


II 10 


3 16 


14 26 


1880 


19 


21 


931 


13,070 


33 


10 51 


3 53 


14 04 


I88I 


18 


21 


869 


12,863 


44 


12 04 


3 81 


15 85 


1882 


18 


25 


924 


15,132 


32 


12 53 


3 84 


16 37 


1883 


23 


25 


lOIO 


19,148 


32 


13 44 


5 51 


18 95 


1884 


24 


26 


1 1008 


18,031 


92 


13 72' 4 16 


17 88 



36 HAND-BOOK OV WAKEFIELD. 

e:cclesiasxical history. 

Congregational Church. 

The first Church of Reading was organized in 1644, or 
as some authorities state, the succeeding year. The first 
meeting house was probably built the same year, and 
stood on the Common, near the present junction of 
Albion and Main streets. Here the religious wants of 
the people were supplied, until nearly the end of the 
century. In 1690 a new meeting house, which was the 
second, was erected on the easterly side of what is now 
the ''Old Burial Ground" a little west of the present site 
of the Congregational Church. This edifice was consid- 
erably larger than the first building, and furnished 
accommodations for all worshippers until 1702, when by 
vote of the town it was somewhat enlarged. In 1727 a 
steeple was built upon the meeting-house, and a bell 
purchased and hung in it. 

The meeting-house erected in 1690 being too small 
for the increasing number of ccaistant church attendants, 
it was decided in 1767 to erect a new place of worship. 
This was done the following year at an expense of about 
$3,000. This was the third place of worship. This 
church was remodelled in 1837, and in 1859 was removed 
to its present site, enlarged and entirely remodelled out- 
side and inside, and given the same appearance as at 
present. 

The Sabbath School, established in 181 8, became 
under the superintendence of Dea. Aaron Bryant, who 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 



37 



succeeded Rev. Reuben Emerson, the founder of the 
school, and whose labors extended over a period of 
thirty years, an institution exercising a most beneficent 
influence. There are about 300 members connected 
with the school at present. 



Pastors 
First Cong. Church 

Rev. Henry Green 
Rev. Samuel Haugh 
Rev. John Brock 
Rev. Jonathan Pierpont 
Rev. Richard Brown 
Rev. WiUiam Hobby 
Rev. Caleb Prentice 
Rev. Reuben Emerson 
Rev. Alfred Emerson* 
Rev. Joseph D. Hull 
Rev. Joseph B. Johnson 
Rev. Charles R. Bliss 
Rev. David N. Beach 





When Ordained 


When Died 


or Installed. 


or Resigned 


1645 


1648 




1648 


1662 




1662 


1688 




1689 


1709 




I712 


1732 




1733 


1765 




1769 


1803 




1804 


1850 




1845 


1853 




1853 


1856 




1857 


i860 




1862 


1877 




1879 


1884 



Associate pastor for 1845-50. 
Pastorate now vacant. 



Bafi'ist Church. 



The Baptist Society was founded June 1797, and the 
first meeting-house was built in 1800. The structure 
was 38x34 feet, and located on Salem street. Ebenezer 
Nelson of Middleboro was formally installed pastor, Jan- 
uary 31, 1804, although he had been in charge of the 
preaching services since December, 1801. The first 



;^S HANU-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 

Baptist Church was organized January 31, 1804, starting 
out with sixty-five members. In 1835 the meeting-house 
was totally destroyed by fire, and the following year, 
through the energetic labors of the Society, a new house 
was erected on the corner of Main and Crescent streets, 
on land now owned by Mr. James H. Carter. Like the 
first, this church was destroyed by an incendiary fire on 
the night of June 21, 1871. Work was commenced 
almost immediately (the corner stone being laid Aug. 
22, 1 871) on the present handsome structure. The 
church is located in a very central and commanding site 
on the corner of Common and Lafayette streets, and it 
is one of the ornamental features of the town. 

The building is of wood, built after the Romanesque 
style, and is 105 feet long by 71 feet in width. The 
tower and spire is the loftiest in the region hereabouts, 
being 190 feet in height. The auditorium is 67x78, 
exclusive of the gallery alcoves and the pulpit. The 
church has comfortable seating accommodations for one 
thousand people. There are few churches in this section 
of New England, where better arrangements are made 
for stability, convenience, comfort and beauty. Services 
were held in the new edifice June 23, 1872, and the 
dedicatory exercises occurred December 11, of the same 
year. The church up to within a few years has been 
served by only two deacons, the incumbents for many 
years having been Messrs. Albert G. Sweetser and 
Edward Mansfield. Nov. 20, 1882, two additional dea- 
cons were chosen, namely : Messrs. Stephen W. Lufkin 
and Robert N. Howard. 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 



39 



Pastors 
First Baptist Church 

Rev. Ebenezer Nelson 
Rev. Gustavus F. Davis 
Rev. Joseph A. Warne 
Rev. James Huckins 
Rev. Isaac Sawyer, Jr. 
Rev. Charles Miller 
Rev. Larkin B. Cole 
Rev. Charles Evans 
Rev. Daniel W. Phillips, 
Rev. George Bullen 
Rev. James W. Wilmarth 
Rev. Richard M. Nott 
Rev. Charles Keyser, D. D. 
Rev. R. R. Riddell 
Rev. Roland D. Grant 



When Installed 


When Died 


or Ordained. 


or Resigned. 


1804 


1815 


1818 


1829 


1829 


1830 


1833 


1833 


1835 


1838 


1838 


1838 


1840 


1842 


1842 


1844 


1850 


1863 


1864 


1866 


1867 


1869 


1872 


1874 


1875 


1877 


1878 


1882 



[883 



Universalist Church. 



The Universalist Society was founded April 29, 18 13. 
No pastor was settled over the church for several years. 
The Town House and other places were used as places 
of worship until 1839, when the Society erected a neat 
church on the borders of the Common at an expense of 
$5,000. This church was dedicated November 21, 1839. 
In 1859, twenty years later, the church was remodelled 
and enlarged, $6,000 being expended in this work. 
The church has been internally improved within a few 
years, and the audience hall of the house is among the 
best m the town. 



40 H4ND-P.OOK OF WAKEFIELD. 



Pastors 


When Ordained 


When Died 


First Universalist Church 


or Installed. 


or Resigned. 


Rev. John C. Newell 


1833 


1835 


Rev. H. W. Morse 


1836 


1836 


Rev. Henry Jewell 


1837 


1840 


Rev. Henry Lyon 


1840 


1840 


Rev. Stillman Barden 


1 841 


1842 


Rev. John H. Willis 


1842 


1845 


Rev. Alexander Hichborn 


1846 


1848 


Rev. John H. Moore 


1849 


1853 


Rev. Benton Smith 


1854 


1858 


Rev. Edwin A. Eaton 


1858 


1865 


Rev. William W^. Haywood 


1865 


1870 


♦Rev. William F. Potter 


187I 


1875 


Rev. Quincy W^hitney 


1875 


1878 


Rev. W'iUiam H. Morrison 


1880 


i88s 



* Mr. Potter commenced preaching in 1870, but was not called by vote of the 
Society until the following year. 

Pastorate now vacant. 



Methodist Church. 

The history of the Methodist Episcopal Church dates 
back only about twenty-one years. The first preaching 
occurred in the old Town House, in December, 1864. 
In 1869 /Vlbion Hall was purchased at a cost of ^3,000, 
and was occupied the following year. 

Some of the earlier ministers of this church are thus 
spoken of by a local historian : 

"The closing months of Rev. D. Atkins' arduous but 
successful pastorate were marked by a gracious revival, 
from which twenty persons joined the church. Rev. M. 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 



41 





METHODIST CHURCH. 



42 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 

B. Chapman's pastorate was marked by unity, spirituality 
and general prosperity. The Hall was oppressively 
crowded on Sunday evenings. The times were prosper- 
ous. The pastor's salary reached the highest figure in 
in the history of the church — $1200. Ikisiness was 
good ; houses were going up on all sides. The project 
of building a church was started. $6,000 was readily 
subscribed. Disinterested parties estimated the Hall at 
^10,000. A let was purchased of J. F. Wiley for $2,'Soo. 
The spring of '73 witnessed a contract made for a fine 
Gothic church with Swiss trimmings, and the work hope- 
fully begun, 

"And all went merry as a marriage bell, 

But hush — hark, a deep sound strikes like a rising knell." 

The panic of '73 ! Workshops closed, people removed 
from town, subscriptions made in times of prosperity 
could not be collected, the Albion Hall property depre- 
ciated in value. It was too late to retreat, the church 
must be completed." And the church was completed at 
a cost of $25,500. It was dedicated Feb. 27, 1874. 
The cut on pag^'^p furnishes the reader with a better 
idea of the architectural style and general features of 
the outward appearance of the structure, than words can 
express. From the time of the completion of the church, 
to the present day, it has been one continual financial 
struggle for the society. The debt was $13,000. Unpaid 
interest increased this sum. 

"Discouragement, like a dark night, fell around the 
Httle struggling church. Internal difficulties easily arose. 



HAND- BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 43 

The church was actually on the brink of ruin. The 
Savings Bank demanded a settlement of its loan of $12,- 
000. In effecting this the Bank forfeited $4,000. At 
the close of Rev. G. C. Osgood's trying but successful 
pastorate, the debt was in this and other ways reduced 
to nearly $6,500, on which the church has been paying 7 
per cent, interest." 

The present debt of the church is $6,345, which the 
pastor, Rev. T. C. Martin, is, by personal and energetic 
solicidng, backed by an entirely harmonious people, 
endeavoring to cast off from the shoulders of the society. 



Pastors. Installed 

Rev. T. C. Potter .... 1965 

Rev. D. Atkins - - - - 1867 

Rev. M. B. Chapman - - - - 1870 

Rev. C. L. McCurdy ... - 1873 ^ 

Rev. John Peterson . . . . 1875 

Rev. E. A. Howard .... 1877 

Rev. Gilbert C. Osgood - - - 1878 

Rev. E. A. Manning - - - - 1881 

Rev. Daniel Richards - - - - 1883 

Rev. T. C. Martin - - - - 1884 



Emmanuel Church. 

This society was organized in 1869 as a Mission of the 
Protestant Episcopal Church. 

Its first rector, the Rev. Samuel R. Slack, built up 
quite a parish, but in 1873, after three years labor, re- 



44 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 

signed, and, after a brief period, was followed by 
the Rev. George Walker now of Peabody, whose inde- 
fatigable zeal and hard work in behalf of the struggling 
little Mission, soon found other claimants for his minis- 
trations, and he resigned in 1879, to accept a call from 
the parishes at Danvers and Peabody. Regular services 
followed, conducted by Rev. Samuel Hodgkiss, then a 
lay reader and student at the Cambridge Theological 
School. In i83i Mr. Hodgkiss was ordained deacon, 
and immediately accepted an appointment as Missionary 
in charge at Wakefield. Up to this time the Society had 
been worshipping in the various halls of the town, but 
through the vigorous efforts of Rev. Mr. Hodgkiss a 
building fund was raised and in the spring of that year, 
the Society commenced the present edifice on Water 
street. In August the church was completed and fur- 
nished at a cost of something over $5,000, and services 
were held in it August 20th, for the first time. Mr. 
Hodgkiss succeeded in building up a good congregation 
and Sunday School. In r832 he resigned to enter a 
larger field of work at Brockton, For a year following, 
regular services were maintained, when Rev. Frederick 
Luson took up the work, but finding his health com- 
pletely shattered he resigned in 1884. Since then the 
Society has kept up regular services by the aid of Mr. 
William H. Williams, a very sincere and zealous young 
student at the Cambridge Theological School, and the 
assistance of various clergymen of the Diocese. The 
church has a beautiful memorial window, is richly fur- 
nished in black walnut, while all its other appointments 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 45 

are tasteful. It has no debt, its seats are free to all, and 
its expenses are entirely met by the voluntary offerings 
of the congregation at its services. A surpliced boy- 
choir renders the beauty of the Episcopal service more 
marked. The officers are Wm. E. Rogers, Warden ; 
Adam A. Hawkes, Treasurer ; Robert B. Bartley, Clerk. 



St. Joseph's Church. 

The first Catholic mass which occurred in ^Vakefield, 
of which we find record, was said by Rev. Thomas Sha- 
han of Salem, in the dwelling-house now situated on 
Crescent street, and occupied by Mr. John Day, but 
which then stood on Main street, at the Junction, and 
occupied by Mr. Malachi Kenney. In the summer of 
1852, a lot of land was purchased on the corner of Gould 
and Murray streets, and fronting on Albion street, and 
in December of the following year, work was commenced 
on the first church built under the auspices of the Catho- 
lic denomination in Wakefield. Father Shahan acted as 
pastor until September 1854, when he was succeeded by 
Rev. John Ryan of Maiden. Rev. John McCarthy of 
Woburn took charge of the church in 1862, Rev. Thos. 
Skully of Maiden followed, taking charge Jan. i, 1866. 
Then in order, came Rev. John McShane of Maiden, 
May I, 1867; Rev. M. Z. Carroll of Maiden, January, 
1868; Rev. Thomas Gleason of Maiden, July i, 1868; 
and Rev. W. H. Fitzpatrick of Stoneham, September i, 
1868. During the years from 1852 to 1873, the Wake- 



46 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 

field church was simply a Mission, and was attached and 
presided over, by the pastors of churches in neighboring 
towns and cities. 

About this time (1871) the old church, being inade- 
quate to the wants of the Catholic people, was moved 
back, and the present spacious edifice, with a seating 
capacity for 820, was erected, under the careful eye and 
management of Father Fitzpatrick, at that time in charge 
of the parish. Services were held for the first time in 
the new structure in November, 187 1, and the following 
year every seat was taken up. 

Rev. M. F. Flatley took charge in July, 1873, and 
under his spiritual guidance, the church and society 
made rapid advancement in numbers and influence. In 
1873, Father Flatley instituted the Sunday School, which 
at the present time numbers about 400 members. Fa- 
ther Flatley was assisted during the latter part of his 
service by Rev. John A. Donnelly, in the capacity of 
assistant pastor. Father Flatley left in the fall of 1884 
to enter upon a wider field of work at Maiden, being 
succeeded by Rev. Patrick J. Hally, the present pastor. 
Under Father Rally's judicious instruction and ministra- 
tions, the Catholic Church of Wakefield is growing in 
religious grace and prosperity. The entire debt on the 
church has been obliterated, a new parish dwelling-house 
erected on the church grounds, and plans are already in 
existence looking to the establishment of a parochial 
school in town, for the exclusive benefit of the children 
of Catholic parents. 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 47 

First Congregational SocTE']■^• of CtReenwood. 

A Sunday School was organized in (Greenwood about 
twenty-seven years ago, under the superintendence of 
Rev. H. V. Degen. About the same time a ladies' 
society was formed, called the "Clreenwood Benevolent 
Sewing Circle," which was instituted, as recorded on the 
books of the society, "for social and intellectual improve- 
ment." This society was favored with a large member- 
ship, the attendance some evenings being over fifty, and 
great interest was taken in the work. One of the last 
acts of this organization was "to vote ?520 toward aiding 
the company that is now forming, (April, 1861) and to 
sell the articles left from the fair, at auction, and to pre- 
sent that, with what remained in the treasury, to the 
Greenwood Sabbath School." 

The first religious meetings were held, a short time 
previous to the formation of the Sunday School, in the 
unfinished room in the Greenwood school-house, and in 
Sweetser's Grove. During the winter of 187 7-' 78, Prof. 
Park of Andover conducted the preaching services. In 
January, 1873, the First Congregational Society of Green- 
wood was formed, with Mr. A. P. Dodge, Treasurer and 
Collector, and Mr. Ashton H. Thayer, Secretary. Rev. 
C. A. G. Thurston preached two years, i873-'74, and 
received a salary of $1200 per year. After the resigna- 
tion of Mr. Thurston there was a correspondence be- 
t^veen this society and that at Melrose Highlands, relative 
to a union of the two, but this object was not attained. 
The Rev. A. S. Garver preached from September, i, 



48 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIKLD. 

1875, ^^ntil September, 1879. During the years i879-'8i 
there was no regular preaching service. About this 
time Rev. W. H. Morrison was engaged by the Young 
Folks' Society, and services were held by them for two 
years. In the summer of 1882, the hall in the School 
House was taken and utilized by the School Committee 
for educational purposes, and the Society was compelled 
to make a change of base. In the fall of 1883 work 
was begun on the present neat and handsome chapel, 
and up to the time of writing, about $3,800 has been 
expended on it. The Society has at present an out- 
standing debt of $1,000. The estimated cost of the 
chapel, when completed, will be $5,000, including land 
($500). Since the erection of the chapel, until recently, 
the preaching service has been conducted by Rev. Mr. 
Morrison without remuneration. The Society is now 
without a regular pastor. 

Montrose Chapel Society. 

The Montrose Sunday School was formed March 13, 
1872. The Montrose Chapel Society was organized in 
1877, and holds religious services weekly in Montrose 
Hall, Montrose. The Society have this fall (1885) 
secured a desirable lot of land on Salem street, and 
have already commenced the erection of a pretty little 
chapel. 



HAND- HOOK OF WAKEFIKLD. 49 

The growth of Wakefield may be attributed to a con- 
siderable extent to the influence of its local newspapers. 

The first newspaper which was regularly received in 
Wakefield, or South Reading, as it was then called, with 
any considerable amount of local news and articles of 
personal interest to the inhabitants, was the "Middlesex 
Journal," which first appeared in 1854. The Journal 
was a weekly publication, printed at Woburn and con- 
tained a "South Reading Department." This paper 
continued its weekly visits to our town until December, 
24, 1864, when Edward Mansfield, Esq., who had for a 
number of years, in his capacity as local correspondent 
and news-gatherer, furnished the matter necessary to 
make this department newsy and interesting, ended his 
connection with the paper. 

In the year 1858, Mr. \V. H. Hutchinson of Boston, 
established the "South Reading Gazette," which after a 
useful and entertaining service of three years, suspended 
publication, and for several years Wakefield was without 
a local paper. In 1868, A. Augustus Foster of Wakefield 
commenced the publication of the "Wakefield Banner." 
September i, 1872, the Citizen Newspaper Company, 
purchased the paper, and changed the name to "Wake- 
field Citizen." Mr. Chas. F. Richardson was the business 
manager, and Dr. Azel Ames Jr., the principal editor, 
while the paper was in the hands of this Company. 

About this time the "Wakefield Advocate" was started 
as a Greeley campaign sheet, and after a run of about six 
7 



50 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 

weeks, was purchased by Mr. William H. Twombly, who 
soon after, dropped the name of "Advocate," and taking 
lip the name abandoned by the Citizen Newspaper Co., 
called it the "Wakefield Banner." 

January i, 1874, Mr. Twombly purchased the "Citizen" 
from the Citizen Newspaper Co., consolidated it with 
the "Banner" and retaining both names, called the news- 
paper the "Wakefield Citizen and Banner." This paper 
enjoyed under the skilful and practical editing of Mr. 
Twombly, who was an experienced newspaper man in 
every sense of the word, a most prosperous career. 

March i, 1880, Chester W^ Eaton Esq., purchased ot 
Mr. Twombly his interest in the "Wakefield Citizen and 
Banner," and under his able editing and management, it 
has become one of the leading local newspapers in the 
county. It is pre-eminently a local sheet, and devotes 
its space to home affairs almost entirely, dabbling little 
in politics and other matters treated at length in the 
great dailies of the times. It is printed on good paper, 
in size 26x40 inches, and in addition to its weekly col- 
lection of local happenings, and original contributions in 
verse and prose from subscribers and friends, publishes 
a goodly amount of well-selected miscellaneous reading 
matter, poetry, etc. Characterized by energy of purpose, 
the assiduity with which home events are gathered and 
put before the eye of the people, and the grave determi- 
nation to excel in its somewhat limited field, renders the 
sheet justly entitled to the liberal support and patronage 
bestowed upon it by almost every family of Wakefield. 
The editorial and publication rooms, as well as its large 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 5 I 

job department, are located in Rooms No's 7 and 8, 
Wakefield's Block, up one flight, and is one of the best 
located and roomy offices in the state. Chester W. Ea- 
ton Esq., is the present editor, owner and publisher, and 
Mr. Will E. Eaton the assistant editor of this enterprising 
home journal. 

On the i8th of May, 1881, the '^Wakefield Bulletin" 
edited by Mr. L. W. Standish, and owned and published 
by Mr. W. H. Twombly, then, and at present, the editor 
and publisher of the "Reading Chronicle," of our neigh- 
boring town of Reading, first made its appearance. This 
paper has since continued to fill the place of a local 
news-gatherer, in an acceptable and entertaining manner. 
Mr. Twombly at present attends to the arduous duties 
devolving upon the editorship of this sheet, and by his 
careful attention to the literary wants of the people, has 
made the paper a permanent institution in the commu- 
nity in which it circulates. The editorial rooms are 
located in Perkins' Block, corner of Main and Albion 
streets, up one flight. The "Bulletin" is printed at the 
office of the "Chronicle" at Reading. 



SOCIET^IKS AND CLUBS 

The Societies and Clubs of Wakefield (and there are 
many of them) exemplify the fact that Wakefield is 
noted for the congeniality of her citizens. In these clubs 
and organizations are drawn together the various little 
groups, having similar desires in mental, social or physi- 



52 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIF.LD. 

cal culture. Among these societies for religious, educa- 
tional and divers purposes, the following may be enumer- 
ated : 

H. M. Warren, Post No. 12, C;. A. R. 

Wakefield Amateur Rifle Association. 

Maj. J. M. Gate Camp, No. 45, Sons of Veterans. 

Co. A, 6th Reg't, Richardson Light Guard. 

Wakefield Lecture Association. 

Wakefield Choral Union. 

Wakefield Mutual Benefit Association. 

Souhegan Lodge, No. 38, Independent Order of Odd 
Fellows. 

Good Will Lodge, No. 22, Daughters of Rebekah. 

Quannapowitt Council, No. 431, Royal Arcanum. 

Wakefield Lodge, No. 356, Knights of Honor. 

Crystal Lodge, No. 34, Ancient Order of United Work- 
men. 

Victory Colony, No. 23, United Order of the Pilgrim 
Fathers. 

Neptune Lodge, No. 137, Independent Order of Good 
Templars. 

Wakefield Division, Knights of Labor. 

Wakefield Horticultural and Agricultural Society. 

Chairmakers' Benefit Association. 

Wakefield Athletic Club. 

Wakefield Bicycle Club. 

Quannapowitt Yacht Club. 

Far and Near Lawn Tennis Club. 

Quannapowitt Lawn Tennis Club. 

Wakefield High School Cadets. 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 53 

The Equity Associates of Wakefield. 

Wakefield Mutual Investment Association. 

Golden Temple of Honor, No. 1 1 . 

Golden Star, Social Temple, No. 1 7. 

Woman's Christian Temperance Union. 

Wakefield Reform Club. 

Wakefield Chautauqua, 
and the many societies connected with the religious insti- 
tutions in the town. 



BANKirsTQ INSTITUTIONS. 

National Bank of South Reading. 

The "South Reading Bank" was organized as a "State" 
Bank, May 16, 1854, with a capital of $100,000. Hon. 
Thos. Emerson was the first President. Hon. Lilley 
Eaton was Cashier until his death in 1873. The Direc- 
tors were Thomas Fjiierson, Lucius Beebe, Samuel 
Gardner, Geo. O. Carpenter, Edward Mansfield and 
Cyrus Wakefield. This institution was reorganized as a 
"National" Bank under the title of "The National Bank of 
South Reading," June 21, 1865, with the same managers, 
of whom only two are now living ; viz : Edward Mansfield 
Esq., of Wakefield, and Maj. Geo. O. Carpenter of Bos- 
ton. The twenty-year charter of the Bank expired last 
June, but was immediately renewed for twenty years, 
namely until the close of business on June 21, 1905. 

The banking rooms are located in the Bank Building, 



54 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 

on the corner of Albion and Railroad streets, opp. the 
Upper Depot, and are open every week day, from 8 
until 11.30 A. M., and from 2.30 to 4.30 P. M. 

Officers : 
Cyrus G. Beebe, President. 
Thomas Winship, Cashier ; 

Frank A. Winship, Ass't Cashier. 
Directors, Cyrus G. Beebe, Thomas Emerson, Cxeorge 
O. Carpenter, James F. Emerson, Daniel G. Walton. 

South Reading Mechanic and Agricultural Institu- 
tion. 

The S. R. M. and A. Inst, was incorporated in 1833, 
with a capital of $10,000. 4 per centum interest per 
annum, is paid on deposits, beginning on the first of each 
month. The banking rooms of the Institution are in the 
Bank Building on the corner of Albion and Railroad 
streets, opp. the Upper Depot, and are open from 8 till 
11.30 A. M., and from 2.30 till 4.30 P. M. on every week 
day. 

Officers : 

Thomas Emerson, President ; 

George O. Carpenter, Vice President; 
Thomas Winship, Treasurer. 
Directoi's: Jonathan Nichols, James F. Emerson, Ben- 
jamin Cox, Thomas E. Cox, E. Eugene Emerson, John 
D. Morton. 



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Wakefield Savings Bank. 

The Wakefield Savings Bank was incorporated in May. 
1869. The banking rooms may be found in Room 2, 
Wakefield's Block, up one flight. Deposits begin to 
draw interest the first of February, May, August and 
November. The rate of interest payable on deposits is 
4 per centum per annum. A dividend is declared semi- 
annually ; namtily, on the first \Vednesdays in February 
and August. The banking hours are from 2 to 5, and 
from 6 to 8 o'clock P. M., on Mondays, Wednesdays and 
Saturdays. Miss Nellie A. Britton is the competent and 
courteous clerk in attendance. 

Officers : 

Solon O. Richardson, President ; 

Thos. J. Skinner, Jacob C. Hartsharne, Vice Presets.; 

Richard Britton, Treasw-er. 

Trustees : Cyrus AV^akefield, Everett Hart, Samuel W. 
Abbott, George H. Sweetser, James F. Emerson, William 
S. Greenough, Joseph Connell, Wesley T. Harris, Thomas 
Emerson, Amos W. Chapman, Chas. F. Hartshorne, 
George H. Maddock. 

JVIIIvITARY AKKAIR.S. 

Our town boasts a glorious Military Record. From 
early colonial days she has furnished her quota of men, 
and her share, and many times, more than her share of 
monies, provisions and the like, toward the defence of 
colonial, state and national rights. Her warlike ardor 



56 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 

dates far back, even to 1 644, when the first mihtary corps 
was formed, in what is now Wakefield, called the "Read- 
ing Infantry Company." 

Our limited space forbids dwelling on the loyal record 
of our sturdy ancestors who "fought, bled and died" in 
the early French, English and Indian Wars, in the great 
Revolutionary War of 1775, in the famous war of 181 2, 
and in the more recent Mexican contest and late Civil 
War, a full and more elaborate account of which may be 
found in the History of Wakefield. 

The present body known as Co. A, 6th Regiment, M. 
V. M., Richardson Light Guard, was chartered in 1851. 
It elected its first board of commissioned officers, Oct. 
II, i<S5i, as follows : 

Captain, John Wiley 2d. 

ist Lieutenant, Nathaniel S. Dearborn. 

2d Lieutenant, John S. Eaton. 

3d Lieutenant, Benjamin F. Barnard. 

4th Lieutenant, Samuel Kingman. 

The Company adopted the name of "Richardson Light 
Guard" in honor of the late Dr. Solon O. Richardson, 
who, having consented to this use of his name, was, up to 
the time of his death, a constant, liberal and earnest 
supporter of this worthy organization. His son, our 
well-known and public spirited citizen, Dr. Solon O. 
Richardson, has continued a generous support. 

Since the organization of the R. L. G., its members 
have always been loyal in their defence and maintenance 
of our Republican government. Thrice, as a company. 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 57 

has it hurried to the post of danger. On the i8th of 
January, 1861, at a meeting of the command, when the 
Governor desired to know how many of the company 
were ready to respond, if suddenly called upon to enter 
the service of their country, every member signified with- 
out hesitation, his readiness to march at once to the 
battle-field. A\'hat more honorable and more noble than 
this? And this was not the only occasion that their 
loyalty was put to the test. On the memorable 19th of 
April, 1 861, at about 12 o'clock, noon, orders arrived for 
the Company to proceed with all possible haste to Wash- 
ington. On the 25th of April the regiment to which our 
local company was assigned, arrived at the Capital, the 
.w^;;y/ regiment there. • The Company performed valu- 
able service during their various terms of enlistment. 

Capt. Charles A. Cheney is the present efficient com- 
mander of the Richardson Light Guard, which Company 
ranks among the foremost in the State in point of marks- 
manship, proficiency in the manual of arms, and 
general military science and deportment. The Armory 
is located in the "Old Town House" building, on the 
corner of Main and Salem streets. 

The successive captains of this company have been as 

follows : 

John Wiley, 2d elected 1851 

James F. Emerson " 1^55 

George O. Carpenter " 1856 

John Wiley 2d " 1857 (2d time) 



James F. Emerson 



1858 (2d time) 



JohnW. Locke " 1859 

George O. Carpenter " i860 (2d tmie) 



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John W. Locke 


elected i86i 


(2d time) 


H. D. Degen 


1862 


(March) 


Samuel F. Littlefield 


1862 


(Sept.) 


James F. Emerson 


1868 


(3d time) 


Samuel F. Littlefield 


1870 


(2d time) 


John M. Gate 


1873 




George K. Gilman 


1876 


(Aug.) 


Albert Mansfield 


1876 


(Nov.) 


Ghas. F. Woodward 


1879 




Fred W. Hentz 


1882 


(Mar.) 


Roger Howard 


1882 


(Nov.) 


Gharles A. Gheney 


1884 





BURIAL OROUXDS. 

For more than 200 years subsequent to the settlement 
of the town, all interments of the dead were made near 
the south shore of Lake Quannapowitt. The first burial- 
ground was located on the lot of land formerly occupied 
by the old Town House. This burial place was utilized 
for about fifty years. In 1688, when the town erected 
its second church, a few rods northwest of the present 
Congregational Church, the dead were interred on the 
land west of this place of worship, and here was the 
beginning of the second burial ground. This cemetery, 
now known as the "Old Burial Ground," was the chief 
place of sepulture, for what is now the town of Wake- 
field, for more than one hundred and fifty years. 

In 1846 the "Old Burial Ground" being wholly inade- 
quate to the needs of the town, the enclosed land being 
so fully occupied that eligible spots for single burials were 
difficult to find, and the laying out of family lots was 
next to impossible, a number of public-spirited citizens. 



HAND-ROOK OF WAKEFIELD. 59 

realizing the demand for a new place of sepulture, took 
steps for the formation of a private cemetery, and in 1846 
became organized and incorporated under the name of 
the " Proprietors of Lakeside Cemetery." A tract of 
fourteen acres of land was purchased on the westerly 
shore of Lake Quannapowitt, including the point of land 
now known as "Cemetery Point," at a cost of $1,400, 
The westerly portion of this lot was afterward disposed of 
for $1,200. Additional territory has since been acquired 
from time to time. Mr. B. F. Abbott was the superin- 
tendent for a series of years, and was succeeded by Mr. 
W. H. Hutchinson, the present incumbent. 

Lakeside Cemetery, romantically fronting on fair 
Quannapowitt, is altogether a most beautiful and inter- 
esting spot. It abounds in avenues and walks, tastefully 
laid out ; with trees, shrubbery and flowers on either side ; 
and with spacious lots, enclosed by iron or granite work, 
and adorned with marble and granite monuments or 
memorials pleasing to the eye. 

Jewish Cemetery. 

In 1859, the Jewish Cemetery was laid out on Beacon 
street, on the west shore of Lake Quannapowitt, by the 
Temple Adath Israel Society of Boston. Since that time 
the cemetery has been divided into three parts, the 
largest of which is owned by the original purchasers, and 
the remaining two lots by Jewish Societies of Boston. 

POSX OKKICES. 

In i8t2, when South Reading became incorporated 
as a separate town, a post office was established in a 



6o HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 

small building on Main street, near the present site of 
Day and Turnbull's Block. Mr. John Rayner, brother- 
in-law of our aged and respected citizen, Capt. Ira Wiley, 
was the first postmaster. Then followed in order, Bur- 
rage Yale, Eli A. Yale, Chas. H. Stearns, Lilley Jilaton, 
Samuel Kingman and John W. Locke. 

In 1852 when Samuel Kingman was appointed, the 
office was opened in a small building, on the corner of 
Main and Albion streets. The present Kingman's Block 
was soon after erected, and here the Post Office has since 
been located. Col. John W. Locke assumed the respon- 
sibilities of the office December 20, 1874, and has since 
continued in that position in an efficient manner. 

The receipts at the Post Office for the quarter ending 
October i, 1853, were ^44.62, while the receipts for the 
corresponding quarter ending October i, 1885, were 
^1,648.84. 

The first money order was issued July 7, 1874, and the 
amount of money received at the office, including fees, 
for the month of July, 1874, was about ^500, against 
$1,750 for the corresponding month in 1885. 

The whole number of money orders sold since the 
commencement of Col. Locke's administration, has been 
82,090. During the same time, 12,000 registered letters 
have been issued. The first postal note was issued on 
Saturday, September 3, 1883, since which time 1,742 
have been sold. 

The receipts for the sale of stamps average about $400 
per month, for postals about $50, for stamped envelopes 
about $150, and for box rents (per quarter) about $210. 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 6 1 

The gross earnings of the office for the first quarter of 
1885 — Jan. I — April i, were $1,860.35. 

The Post Office, from 1876 till 1882, was rated as a 
second class office, but under recent apportionments, is 
now rated as a third class office. The appointment of 
the postmaster is made by the President. 

The Post Office at Greenwood is more of a modern 
institution. In 1855 Mr. James Oliver first made an 
application for a Post Office, and soon after one was estab- 
lished at Greenwood. Mr. Joseph W. Eaton was the 
first postmaster. The present office is located in the 
new depot on the line of the Boston and Maine R. R., 
and Mr. Edward Eaton, the station agent, is the post- 
master. 

INDUSTRIES ^NO TIRADES. 

Wakefield is one of the few towns in this country 
engaged in the manufacture of rattan goods. The manu- 
facture of rattan into the many forms of beauty and 
usefulness has been for many years and is still her princi- 
pal industry. The rattan business was begun in 1855 by 
the late Cyrus Wakefield. From humble origin, the 
business of the Wakefield Rattan Company has increased 
rapidly, until now twenty-three large factories and store- 
houses, covering many acres of ground, are utilized 
to advantage. In busy times upwards of 1,000 persons 
are employed. The Works are located on the north side 
of Water street, on the line of the So. Reading Branch 
R. R. The capital stock of the Company is $1,000,000. 
J. B. Thomas is the President and Cyrus Wakefield the 



62 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. ^ 

Treasurer. Mr. Amos W. Chapman is the general super- 
intendent and pay master, and ]\Ir. Chas. W. Trow the 
engineer and general manager. The chief salesroom of 
the Company is at 115 Washington street, Boston. 
Branch offices are located at New York, Chicago and San 
Francisco. 

Our shoe trade is second only to the manufacture of 
rattan goods. 

The oldest shoe firm in town is Thos. Emerson's Sons, 
established in 1805 by Thomas Emerson. Workmen 
were employed not only in this town and state, .but also 
in Maine, New Hampshire and Connecticut. The busi- 
ness was commenced in a room in the building situated 
on the site of the present Almshouse, in which Mr. Em- 
erson then resided. The present senior partner, Mr. 
Thomas Emerson, was admitted into the firm in 1837. 
Mr. James F. Emerson joined the firm in 1851, and the 
firm name became Thos. Emerson & Sons. In 1854 the 
founder of the firm retired, and the name was again 
changed to the present title of Thos. Emerson's Sons. 
In 1862, the introduction of the McKay sole sewing 
machine produced a revolution in the system of shoe- 
making, and rendered, in 1863, the purchase of the lot 
and building at the corner of Yale Avenue and Main 
street, necessary. The building was tKen enlarged to 
its present size. The junior member of the firm, Mr. 
Edwin Eugene Emerson, entered the firm in 1866. The 
trade of this reliable house, now extends to most of the 
states of the Union. The Boston office is located at 105 
Summer street. 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIKM). 63 

L. B. Evans' Son, Wakefield Co-operative Boot and 
Shoe Co., E. H. Walton & Co., Henry Haskell, I. F. Ea- 
ton, L. H. Day & Co., are among the other well estab- 
lished shoe manufacturers. 

The foundry establishment on Foundry street on the 
west side of the tracks of the Boston & Maine Railroad, 
now occupied by the Smith & Anthony Stove Company, 
was erected in 1854 by Messrs. Abner J. Blanchard, 
Chas. Tarbell, William Stewart and J. F. Dane, who be- 
gan business under the firm name of Blanchard, Tarbell 
& Co. The capital stock of the concern was $20,000. 
February 4, 1856, the demand for their goods was such 
that it became necessary to increase their capital, and a 
stock company was formed under the style of the Boston 
& Maine Foundry Co. This company consisted of the 
above named gentlemen, and the late Cyrus Wakefield, 
Sewall G. Mack and others. Mr. A. J. Blanchard was 
the agent and busmess manager. The capital stock was 
increased to $30,000. The concern was prosperous until 
June 29, 1866, when a serious fire checked the business 
and involved the company in a heavy loss. New build- 
ings were quickly erected and at the commencement of 
1867, the foundry and its connections were the most 
complete in New England. In 187 1 the Boston & Maine 
Foundry Company failed, and the foundry came into 
possession of the Franklin Foundry Company. In April, 
1879, the foundry was purchased by the Smith and 
Anthony Stove Company. Under its control the busi- 
ness has made rapid headway, until at the present time, 
the stoves, furnaces and ranges, made by this Company 



64 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 

are known almost everywhere, and are excelled by none. 
The capital stock of the Company is $100,000. Mr. 
William E. Smith is President, Mr. E. W. Anthony, 
Treasurer, and Mr. J. R. Prescott is the Secretary. Mr. 
Erastus D. Weston is the foreman, and Mr. Joseph M. 
SkuUy is the Clerk at the foundry. The Boston office 
is at 52 and 54 Union street. Branch offices are 
located in New York, Chicago, Omaha and San Fran- 
cisco. The location of this large and enterprising in- 
dustry in our midst, adds not a little to the material 
prosperity of the town. 

During the past decade there has been a wonderful 
growth in the piano-forte industry of this country, and 
we are sure that no instruments rank higher to-day than 
those manufactured in this town, by the Henry F. Miller 
& Sons Piano Company. The present business was 
established by Henry F. Miller in 1863, he previously 
having had twelve years experience with the then leading 
piano-forte manufacturers. Mr. Miller had five sons asso- 
ciated with him, Henry F. Miller Jr., Walter H. Miller, 
James C. Miller, Edwin C. Miller, and William T. Miller. 
In 1884, and immediately following the death of Mr. 
Miller Sr., the firm was reorganized under the present 
title of The Henry F. Miller & Sons Piano Company, 
with a capital stock of $150,000, organized under the 
laws of the State of Massachusetts, with Henry F. Miller, 
President, J. C. Miller Treasurer, W. H. Miller, Manager 
of warerooms, W. T. Miller, Clerk. Mr. J. H. Gibson is 
Superintendent of the Wakefield manufactory, and has 
been closely identified with the development of the busi- 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 05 

ness ever since its establishment. He has with him, as 
Assistant Superintendent, Mr. Edwin C. Miller. The 
factory, located on the corners of Water, Smith and Lin- 
coln streets, is 165 ft. in length, by 65 ft. in width. It is 
six stories high, and is furnished with all the modern 
improvements for the various requirements of the busi- 
ness. The Boston warerooms are at 156 Tremont street. 
This celebrated firm has done much toward assisting the 
growth ot Wakefield. 

The Wakefield Real F^state and Building Association 
has exerted a remarkable beneficial influence toward the 
building up of our town. The Association was established 
May 24, 1864, with a capital stock of $100,000 and was 
at first controlled by a Board of Directors, consisting of 
Cyrus Wakefield, Daniel Allen, Mason S. Southworth, 
Oliver Perkins and James F. Emerson. Cyrus Wakefield 
was President. Mason S. Southworth and James F. Em- 
erson as Trustees, held the real estate of the Association. 
In 1 87 1 the Association was incorporated. This Corpor- 
ation, so long connected with the development of the 
town, has for its object, the purchasing, leasing, selling 
and improving of real estate. The office of the Associa- 
tion is in Room 3, Wakefield's Block, up one flight. 

Officers : 
Cyrus G. Beebe, President ; 

Mason S. Southworth, Treasurer and Clerk ; 

Directors. Cyrus G. Beebe, James F. Emerson, John 
G. Aborn, Junius Beebe, M. S. Southworth. 

The manufacture of Sherry Wine Bitters is another of 
the industries of Wakefield which deserves mention. The 



66 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 

making of these "Bitters" was commenced on a limited 
scale in 1808, by Dr. Nathan Richardson, grandfather ot 
Dr. Solon O. Richardson, the present proprietor. The 
business is carried on in a commodious factory on Me- 
chanic street, and the merits of the Bitters, as a sure cure 
for dyspepsia, and as a general health tonic, are univer- 
sally appreciated. The sales office is at 235 Washington 
street, Boston. 

Of the large number of grocery stores in Wakefield, 
none carries a larger and more complete stock, than the 
well known firm of Cutler Bro's. Messrs. Nathaniel E. 
Cutler and D. C. Cutler, under the firm name of Cutler 
Bros.,, commenced business in this town, in W^akefield's 
Block, April i, 1876. Mr. N. E. Cutler commenced busi- 
ness life in 1855, with the firm of Hastings & Lawrence 
of East Cambridge. In 1861 he formed a co-partnership 
with Mr. Chas. Hastings, nephew of his employer, under 
the firm name of Hastings & Cutler, and began business 
in West Acton. This firm subsequently changed to 
Cutler Bro's, and the place of business to Wakefield. In 
1 88 1 ill health compelled the junior member to withdraw 
and the business has since been conducted by Mr. N. 
E. Cutler, under the old firm name. 

The oldest, and one of the most reliable grocery houses 
in Wakefield, is that kept by Mr. Everett W. Eaton, in 
the Bank Building, on the corner of Albion and Railroad 
streets, opposite the Upper Depot. Mr. Eaton began 
business in the store still occupied by him in 1863. He 
carries a large stock of finely ^selected groceries, and is 
the Wakefield agent for the famous Saul's Flour. Mr. 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 67 




Wakefield's Block. 



68 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIF.LD. 

Eaton caters to the best class of trade, and his goods are 
the best in qiiahty and selection that the markets afford. 

Another large grocery concern is that of Mr. Arlon S. 
Atherton, located on Albion street. Mr. Atherton com- 
menced business in 1872, buying out the store now 
occupied by him, from Mr. Chas. B. Brown. Previous 
to coming to Wakefield, Mr. Atherton was engaged in 
the grocery business at AVarwick, Mass. 

Among other leading grocery dealers may be mentioned 
W. A. Cutter, on Mechanic street ; Greenough & Morrill 
and Ira xA.tkinson on Main street, and D. H. Emerson on 
Main street, at the Junction. 

There are several large dry goods stores of importance 
in Wakefield. 

Mr. Everett G. Daland commenced business in 1879, 
at 136 Main street, where he continued until the autumn 
of 1881, when, owing to a large increase of trade, he 
removed into the substantial brick building at 150 Main 
street, where he may still be found. 

Other concerns which do a large business in the same 
line, are C. A. Janes & ("o.. Bowser & Co., and Clinton 
O. Anderson, all located on Main street. 

The clothing business is principally carried on by John 
M. Gate, on the corner of Main and Center streets. Mr. 
Gate began business in the spring of 1866, at the close of 
the war, in the store now occupied by Mr. Richard Brit- 
ton. He soon removed into the store at present utilized 
by Misses Matthews and Faught, as a millinery establish- 
ment, and in 1869, bought the large building now occu- 
pied by him, removing thither in the spring of 1870. 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 69 

Mr. Cate is one of the veteran business men of the town. 

At the head of the custom tailoring trade is Air. Wilham 
B. Jones. Mr. Jones began business in Brown's Block, 
now Day & TurnbuU's Block, in 1873, coming thither 
from Boston where he had been connected for many 
years with leading clothing houses in the capacity of 
cutter. Mr. Jones is now located in Heath's Block on 
Albion street, where he does a thriving business in men's 
custom work. Mr. James Muse and Mr. H. Vesehoff are 
custom tailors of note and enterprise, both doing business 
in Walton's Block, on Main street. 

Mr. Richard Britton leads in the retail boot and shoe 
business. He bought out Mr. Nathaniel Clark, Nov. 22, 
1875, ^^^ has since remained at the old stand at 189 
Main street. 

Other boot and shoe establishments are those of I. O. 
Wiley and John W. Smith, on Main street, and Francis 
Sherin on Albion street. 

Mr. Geo. W. Aborn, our veteran coal and wood deal- 
er, commenced business in 1863. He has enjoyed a 
prosperous career. His office is on Railroad street, opp. 
the Upper Depot. Mr. Aborn is also largely interested 
in real estate. The Wakefield Coal Co., and A. A. Mans- 
field with offices and yards at the Junction, and Denis 
Greany on Vernon street, are also successful coal dealers. 

Mr. David H. Darling of the firm of D. H. Darling & 
Co., bankers, doing business at 85 Devonshire, corner 
of Water street, Boston, represents a solid and trustworthy 
concern. The Co. is made up of T. B. Meeker of the 
New York Stock Exchange, W. B. Meeker and Clarence 



yo HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 

H. Wilder, all of New York. Mr. Darling has been in 
the banking business nearly ten years, and now holds a 
seat in the Boston Stock Exchange. This firm deals 
largely in investment securities. The New York office of 
the firm is at 23 Nassau street, New York City. 

Mr. Elroy N. Heath, dealer in stationery, letter files, 
etc., at Room No. 5, Wakefield's Block, transferred his 
extensive business from Boston to Wakefield in 1884. 
His patent letter files, indexes, and advertising calendars, 
have a wide-spread reputation. 

BUSINESS. 

The principal employment of the first settlers of Wake ■ 
field was the cultivation of the soil, and subsequently the 
making of shoes. But in more recent times, the town 
has developed into more of an industrial village, with 
manufactories of no inconsiderable importance. The 
value of boots and shoes annually manufactured about 
1868, exceeded $400,000.- At that time there were 
twelve manufactories. It was estimated that about the 
year 1870, the town annually manufactured goods worth 
$1,500,000, which naturally g^ve occasion for a lively and 
extensive mercantile business. 

There is now (1885) one large corporation engaged in 
the manufacture of rattan goods, utilizing not less than 
twenty-four large and commodious factories and storage 
buildings. This is the largest of our industries. The 
shoe trade ranks next in importance and bids fair to out- 
rival all the other trades in coming years, as it once did 
in the past. There are now seven factories used for this 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 7 1 

branch of trade. Next, in order, comes the manufacture 
of stoves and the construction of pianos, which by steady 
increase and extension, are doing much to enlarge the 
material prosperity of the community. Many of the 
townspeople are extensively engaged in the manufacture 
of shoe-tools, carriages, animal medicines, corsets, crutch- 
es, toy-boats, crackers, granite-work, show-cases, twine 
and other useful and ornamental articles in constant de- 
mand through the country. 

The local trade of the town is quite extensive for we 
find nine grocery concerns, four emporiums for dry and 
fancy goods, and two for ready-made clothing and men's 
furnishing goods, four custom tailoring establishments, 
four boot and shoe stores, one furniture establishment, 
three apothecary shops, four provision stores, two bake- 
ries, two headquarters for periodicals and newspapers, 
three fruit and confectionery stores, five coal and wood 
dealers and three ice dealers, two jewelry concerns, seven 
physicians, and two stove and tin ware shops. 

Such are the railroad conveniences of the town where- 
by it affords great facilities for the speedy transportation, 
both of persons and freight, that our local manufacturers 
find an easy market for their wares in Boston and the 
large commercial centres within a short distance of 
Wakefield. It is estimated that at least 700 Wakefield 
citizens are engaged in business in Boston. To this 
large number of busy tradesmen, clerks and artisans, the 
Boston & Maine Railroad provides such convenient 
transportation accommodations, that they can go to the 
city in the morning, transact their business and return to 



72 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 

Wakefield at noon or night, as they please ; and thus they 
may share in the advantage of Boston, for trade, com- 
bined with the enjoyment and comforts of a country 
home. 

Boston, the acknowledged commercial centre of all 
New England, is steadily growing, and expanding so 
rapidly that the suburban towns are being brought into 
use to furnish land for buildings, for new enterprises, and 
homes for the employer and the employed. On the 
north of Boston, Charlestown, Somer\'ille, F^verett, Mai- 
den and Melrose, have already been largely benefited by 
the new boom in business, and it is only a question of a 
few years, possibly only a few months, when Wakefield is 
inevitably bound to receive a new influx of business, and 
with business comes an increase of population and gen- 
eral prosperity. 

Real estate is feeling a demand which has already 
brought smiles to the faces of the. land owners as well as 
new denizens to the town. New dwellings are constantly 
in process of erection. 

Already (within a year) the Boston and Maine Rail- 
road Co, has reduced the fare between our town and 
Boston to $11.50 for one hundred rides. This enables 
the city merchant and the laborer to reside in our beau- 
tiful town, and travel to and from business at a trifling 
cost of transportation. Although the business interests of 
Wakefield suffered a severe check during the financial 
panic of 1873, they are now steadily and rapidly improv- 
ing, and the town is progressing in wealth, beauty and 
industrial enterprise — and toward that goal which our 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 73 

citizens have long seen in the dim distance, and which 
we are year by year more and more nearly approxi- 
mating unto — the City of Wakefield. 

I^OINTS OK INTKREST IN AND 
AROUND WAKEKIKLD. 

The country in and around Wakefield, within easy 
walking or driving distance, rivals in loveliness and 
grandeur of scenery that furnished by any other locality in 
this section of the state. Among the many particularly 
inviting spots to be visited we might give a passing men- 
tion to the following : 

Middlesex Fells. 

The Fells is probably one of the points of interest 
most visited by our people and strangers who are in 
search of the deep and wild woodland of nature. It is 
about four miles away, and may be reached by a pleas- 
ant ride through Greenwood, Melrose and Wyoming, or 
by a more circuitous route via Stoneham. Spot Pond, a 
queenly slieet of lake water, may also be admired, being 
situate near the Fells. 

A delightful ride of several miles through the shady 
and winding roads of the Fells will cau^e you to pass 
many attractive residences, with clean cut lawns and 
flower-decked surroundings, which betoken wealth, and a 
gratification of the desire for things beautiful. 
Castle Rock. 

This well known rock is located about one and one 
fourth miles from the centre, in Woodville, on the road 
to Saugus and Lynn. From the top of this gigantic 



74 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 

natural eminence, looking eastward, can be seen the 
broad Adantic Ocean, spotted with the white sails of 
craft of every description. A powerful glass lends much 
to the clearness of the view. To the south on a clear 
day can be seen the gilded dome of the capitol at Boston, 
with Somerville, Charlestown, Everett and Maiden nest- 
ling in the foreground. The view to the west and north, 
in which the picturesque beauties of Wakefield come in 
for a share of attention, is equally attractive. This rock 
affords every facility to the picnicker. 
Hart's Hill. 

The view from Hart's Hill at Wakefield Junction, 
looking westward, is said to excel many world-renowned 
sights which are seen in the European World. From 
the top of this elevation of Nature may be seen to the 
west Mt. Wachusett, 2,018 feet high, 42 miles distant; 
Hawes Hill, 1,285 ^^^^ high is west 2 deg. south, 53 
miles away; Mt. Grace, 1,628 feet high, lies 14 deg. 
north of west, 68 miles distant; Watatie Mt., 1,847 feet 
high, can be seen west 19 deg. north, 45 miles distant; 
while Mount Monadnock, 3,186 feet high, is in sight 
west 26 deg. north, 58 miles distant. Between these 
mountains are 'several lesser elevations of land which are 
to be seen on a clear day. 

Greenwood Grove and Union Grove. 

These groves are located in that part of Wakefield 
known as Greenwood, and are worthy of a visit. They 
were formerly much more noteworthy than at present. 
Tyler's Grove. 

This grove can be found at the summit of Cowdrey's 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 75 

Hill, and is a place much visited by picnic parties. It is 
steadily gaining in popularity. 

Birch Pond and Dungeon Rock. 
Birch Pond, one of the sources of the water supply for 
the great city of Lynn, and Dungeon Rock, where, as the 
story goes, Capt. Kidd, the famous pirate, concealed his 
ill-gotten wealth, are places of interest to the stranger. 

Other Interesting Points. 

Lake Quannapowitt, C rystal Lake, with its two charming 
little islands, Cowdrey's Hill from the summit of which 
can be seen, toward the northeast, the Danvers Insane 
Asylum, miles distant, with placid Quannapowitt nestling 
in the valley at the base of the hill, Humphrey's and 
Pilling's Ponds in Lynnfield, and Martin's Pond in No. 
Reading are places of concern to those who are so 
fortunate as to visit them, and discover their charms of 
rare scenic beauty. 

With everything grand, romantic and inviting in the 
way of scenery, Wakefield possesses all the elements and 
attractions of a charming, country home. Here, amid 
a clear and invigorating atmosphere, among a quiet, yet 
energetic people, in a fertile region and healthful situa- 
tion, with good roads and pleasant drives, with grace- 
fully rounded hills, and crystal lakes in our very midst, 
presenting a picture of beauty and loveliness rarely 
equalled, here it is that we invite the busy merchant of 
the crowded and bustling metropolis, and all others dis- 
tant from us, who may desire to change their place of 
residence, to "co7ne dwell in Wakefield and he blest." 



76 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 



WAKEFIELD ST/ITISTICS | 

For Ten Years, from 1855 to 1865. ) 



J 


Department. 


1855- 


1856. 


1857- 


1858. 


J 


Support of Schools 


^3,858 65 


$4,362 78 


$4,844 67 


$4,649 95 


2 


Support of Poor 


1,704 36 


3,212 81 


2,208 84 


1,098 36 


3 


Fire Department 


935 83 


387 31 


530 42 


796 89 


4 


High'ys & Bridges 


470 12 


959 30 


2,478 72 


1,964 57 




Town Officers 


726 62 


672 47 


1,057 42 


946 74 


6 


Town House 


184 38 


100 00 






7 


Town Library 




78 30 


150 00 


•300 00 


8 


Street Lamps 










9 


Police 


29 00 


71 50 


39 50 


47 55 


lO 


Watchmen 










II 


New Buildings 




3,766 37 


307 42 




12 


New Streets 


663 94 


330 59 


3,209 23 


332 62 


13 


New Reservoirs 










14 


x\rmory Expenses 


562 00 


612 00 


5§i 5° 


465 00 


15 


Insurance 






86 00 




16 


Print'g & Station'y 


75 00 


207 77 


no 15 


98 76 


17 


LegalAidjDamag's 


64 50 


12 95 


190 75 




18 


Public Grounds 










19 


Aid to Soldiers & 
Families 






( 




20 


Rebellion Exp's 










21 


Interest 


1,026 22 


1,143 85 


1,251 77 


1,342 92 


22 


Repairs of Bldgs 




370 00 


800 00 


430 63 


23 


Miscellaneous 
Totals 
Net Town Debt 


1,273 40 


237 07 


291 96 


1,598 96 




^11,574 02 


$16,525 07 


$18,088 35 


$14,072 95 




$12,089 38 


$14,028 58 


$14,461 13 


$15,912 14 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 



77 



Showing Principal Annual Expenses, and also 
the Toiun Debt fo?' those Years. 



1859. 



i860. 



186] 



1862. 



863. 1864. 



M,335 52 


^5,059 90 


$4,498 78 


$3,609 14 


$4,125 87 


$4,142 37 


I 


1,295 44 


1,17797 


1,672 99 


1,17231 


1,318 17 


1,210 39 


2 


86069 


610 26 


52586 


414 10 


949 66 


436 64 


3 


1,334 85 


77064 


92989 


1,043 55 


2,646 51 


2,r55 30 


4 


817 26 


1,246 07 


78576 


1,235 61 


91500 


1,547 55 


5 


15000 


231 07 










6 


300 00 


300 00 


300 00 


13749 


21335 


290 46 


7 






25530 


315 66 


32294 


621 04 


8 


31 00 


129 17 


12303 




6225 
32750 


53 70 
56350 


9 
10 


2,064 49 












II 


991 70 


3,375 00 


449 69 






7700 


12 


885 29 


61 00 


6800 






182 24 


13 


38250 


702 00 


100 00 
123 80 


220 00 


120 00 




14 
IS 


13940 


176 00 


250 00 


190 00 


17850 


267 00 


16 


4042 




28585 


210 00 




380 00 


17 


1,485 74 


800 00 










18 






6,550 00 


9,590 82 


9,096 29 


10,278 45 


19 








10,520 00 


3,253 64 


18,101 86 


20 


1,414 67 


1,373 09 


1,599 64 


2,546 54 


2,757 52 


3,400 78 


21 


521 15 


215 88 


113 60 


157 80 


33481 


43637 


22 


777 18 


2,233 67 


1,12643 


2,561 18 
$33,924 20 
^37,547 26 


1,55301 


1,344 01 


'2-Z 


Si 7,827 30 


$18,461 72 
$19,903 16 


$19,758 62 


$28,175 02 


$44,928 76 




516,620 37 


$24,750 91 


^33,764 70 


$46,71805 





78 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 



W/IKEFICLD STATISTICS. 

For Ten Years, from 1865 to 1875, 





Department. 


1865. 


1866. 


1857. 


1868. 


I 


School Expenses 


^S'lsi 05 


^5,679 55 


$6,729 62 


$6,842 22 


2 


Support of Poor 


1,540 25 


2,851 23 


3,524 64 


2,701 33 


3 


Fire Department 


1,090 73 


906 76 


1,282 53 


997 61 


4 


Highw'ys&Bridges 


1,888 37 


2,191 35 


2,412 59 


2,536 25 


5 


Town Officers 


1,255 00 


1,712 61 


1,655 26 


1,709 97 


6 


Town House 


244 27 


227 78 


13830 


198 40 


7 


Town Library 


361 17 


593 64 


346 80 


577 70 


SjStrect Lamps 


613 00 


474 40 


844 15 


7H 74 


9 


Police Service 


III 25 


128 00 


loi 50 


250 75 


lO 


Watchmen 


494 96 


81 62 






II 


New Buildings 






1,198 00 




12 


New Streets 




1,415 53 


920 01 


624 20 


13 


New Reservoirs 










14 


Armory Expenses 


568 70 


866 75 


1,113 40 


837 75 


15 


Insurance 










16 


Print'g & Station'y 


355 00 


265 53 


267 50 


240 00 


17 


LegalAid,Damag's 


.139 60 


160 98 


75 00 




18 


Public Grounds 








118 41 


19 


Aid to Soldiers 


4-368 45 


5,439 00 


3,555 50 


2,735 28 


20 


Rebellion Expen's 






100 00 


2,200 00 


21 


Interest on Debt 


3,584 90 


3,33^ 44 


3,262 78 


2,958 95 


22 


Repairs of Bldgs 


589 67 


1,387 40 


2,267 88 


1,428 50 


23 


Miscellaneous 
Totals 
Net Town Debt 


2,029 54 


2,203 39 


1,082 83 


3,565 97 




^24,385 91 


^29,921 84 


$31,078 29 


$31,238 03 




^41,228 71 


^40,571 49 


$37,420 22 


^39,737 20 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 



79 



Showing Pi'incipal Aniiual Expe?ises, and Town 
Debt for those Years. 



1869. 


1870. 1871. 


1872. 


1873. 


1874. 

1 


^7,382 30 


^7,332 72 


^8,024 09 


$10,315 74 


$14,830 09 


^16,453 53 


I 


3,00075 


3,141 46 


4,611 70 


3,969 51 


4,608 12 


4,576 62 


2 


1,070 20 


1,922 79 


4,382 56 


3,257 93 


5,331 78 


4,855 15 


3 


3,970 62 


4,209 20 


6,438 60 


11,269 00 


6,857 00 


7,305 49 


4 


1,947 90 


2,077 46 


2,180 67 


2,655 08 


3,162 15 


3,414 80 


5 


17990 


177 12 


1 , 1 24 00 


1,357 69 


1,13438 


1,206 86 


6 


35000 


351 50 


81668 


1,044 79 


721 82 


76720 


7 


78403 


1,058 37 


1,248 86 


1,675 65 


1,441 00 


1,203 38 


8 


9250 


46435 


459 10 


60301 


404 17 


33765 


9 






1,281 13 


290 00 


1,936 50 


1,820 00 


10 






44,525 12 


32,804 67 






II 


985 70 


3,708 20 


7,219 14 


1,15471 


2,076 23 


5,230 44 


12 




541 46 


76285 


82332 






13 


2,108 68 


73350 


903 15 


69400 


18083 


400 00 


14 






1,808 25 


95600 




275 50 


IS 


284 00 


230 00 


495 87 


1,376 18 


53095 


1,213 83 


16 


8132 


83384 


301 00 
22,000 00 


72500 


57500 
3,616 85 


43200 


17 
18 


2,622 88 


2,393 40 


2,13400 


2,072 50 


2,084 50 


1,834 50 19 


1,100 00 


200 00 




200 00 


1,991 16 


178 8020 


3,000 98 


3,052 23 


5,465 59 


9,300 06 


10,922 53 


10,438 13 21 


2,205 63 


1,336 28 


3,15505 




2,114 87 


298 84 


22 


11,568 36 


1,242 23 


2,735 35 
122,072 76 
124,859 18 


3,768 32 
$90,303 16 
139,476 63 


2,980 46 


5,967 31 


23 


^42,735 75 


$34,006 II 


$67,490 39 


$68,210 03 




^43,717 73 


$44,057 60 


121,857 02 


106,754 54 





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HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 



WAKEFIE-LD STATISTICS. 

For Ten Years from 1875 to 1S85, 





Department. 


1875- 


1876. 


1877. 


1878. 


I 


School Expenses 


$13,460 30 


$14,262 15 


$12,220 01 


$13,116 39 


2 


Support of Poor 


4,798 07 


5,006 83 


5,403 50 


5,597 01 


3 


Fire Department 


4-657 39 


4,062 38 


1.913 25 


2,022 45 


4 


Highw's&Bridges 


3,970 18 


4,477 80 


3,620 54 


3,333 97 


5 


Town Officers 


2,475 08 


2,505 99 


2,143 52 


2,003 65 


6 


Town House 


1,145 04 


1,582 00 


1,072 24 


910 55 


7 


Town Library 


583 04 


653 90 


633 20 


687 03 


8 


Street Lamps 


1,188 57 


998 72 


1,069 81 


935 09 


9 


Police Service 


609 75 


266 45 


657 35 


350 90 


lO 


Watchmen 


190 00 




15 00 




II 


New Buildings 










12 


New Streets 


1,157 52 


872 62 


589 77 


540 99 


13 


New Reservoirs 


900 00 








14 


Armory Expenses 


300 00 


308 00 


350 00 


453 98 


15 


Insurance 




1,532 25 


745 00 




16 


Print'g& Stationery 


514 65 


480 67 


531 18 


439 23 


17 


Legal AidjDam'g's 


5,030 81 


292 94 




640 95 


18 


Public Grounds 






25 00 


495 22 


19 


Aid to Soldiers 


1,890 50 


1,987 50 


1,909 00 


3,374 48 


20 


RebelHon Exp's 


100 00 








21 


Interest on Debt 


9,084 96 


8,555 94 


7,340 28 


6,243 39 


22 


Repairs of Bldgs 




412 50 






23 


Concrete Work 


. 








24 


Water Supply 










25 


Reading Room 










26 


Miscellaneous 
Totals 
Net Town Debt 


974 74 


1,200 73 


919 51 


778 09 




$53,032 60 


^49,459 2>1 


$41,158 16 


$41,923 37 




$99,943 84 


$94,796 81 


$83,806 58 


^76,343 47 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 



8l 



Showing Principal Antiual Expenses, atid Town 
Debt for those Years. 



1879. 


1880. 


1881. 


1882. 


1883. 


1884. i 

! 1 


Si 1, 507 95 


Si2,333 33^12,86344 


315,618 32 


$19,148 32 


$20,846 36 


I 


5,841 47 


4,993 44 


2,761 41 


3,750 99 


4,019 21 


5,270 59 


2 


1,900 42 


1,734 84 


3,723 95 


6,594 21 


2,498 80 


3,903 79 


3 


3,500 32 


3,399 61 


4,288 02 


4,997 73 


4,570 41 


5,165 2>^ 


4 


1,825 00 


1,975 00 


1,675 00 


2,125 00 


2,17500 


2,375 00 


5 


1,101 28 


1,014 99 


1,297 58 


1,921 13 


2,006 99 


1,695 80 


6 


520 18 


53484 


53804 


655 75 


731 79 


81777 


7 


94256 


86344 


1,003 II 


1,026 80 


1,428 65 


1,415 98 


8 


25969 


319 21 


28058 


341 57 


38487 


26485 


9 




1,103 00 


1,800 50 


1,774 00 


1,800 00 
12,122 37 


1,800 00 
6,536 53 


10 
II 


59985 


511 86 


77500 


1,389 53 






12 


23500 




65400 








13 


36760 


46340 


451 15 


47038 


54845 


381 60 


14 


232 50 




802 50 


400 00 




245 00 


15 


50836 


57346 


683 II 


71462 


822 17 


768 17 


16 


460 18 


20435 


30755 


106 40 




13480 


17 


14976 


347 II 


365 15 


382 12 


190 00 


13,85000 


18 


2,786 25 


3,472 74 


3,354 50 
100 00 


3,459 50 


2,607 75 


2,563 00 


19 
20 


5,704 98 


5,236 31 


4,12631 


3,375 34 


2,617 98 


2,913 59 


21 




500 CO 


993 89 


500 00 






22 




1,010 16 


1,044 95 


99330 


1,072 78 
29258 
47760 


1,81400 

3,352 55 
35000 


23 
24 

25 


54541 


1,473 71 


1,271 63 
M5,i6i 37 


2,472 64 

^53,069 zz 


2,162 67 
$61,678 48 


1,794 54 
$72,259 80 


26 


^38,989 16 


$42,064 80 




^69,273 68 


S6o,497 18 


$50,435 92 


$41,123 52 


$46,763 II 


557,913 16 





HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 



tdbuvate^ \Ja\ua\,\o'a \6X\i 







Personal, In- 




1 




No. 


cluding Resi- 


Real 


Total 


Years. 


of Polls 


dent Bank 
Stock. 


Estate. 


Valuation. 


i860 


867 


M95J34 


$1,263,426 


$1,759,160 


1861 


804 


501,007 


1,314,778 


1,815,785 


1862 


686 


467,596 


1,264,780 


1,732,376 


1863 


740 


581,154 


1,227,059 


1,808,213 


1864 


752 


445,8S2 


1,244,829 


1,690,681 


1865 


767 


478,518 


1,248,597 


1,727,115 


1866 


870 


534,775 


1,264,849 


1,799,624 


1867 


913 


567,454 


1,318,483 


1,885,937 


1868 


980 


559,634 


1,359,268 


1,918,902 


1869 


1098 


647,121 


1,432,996 


2,080, 1 1 7 


1870 


1288 


779,330 


1,765,193 


2,544,523 


187I 


1438 


811,850 


2,018,896 


2,830,746 


1872 


1703 


1,047,859 


2,721,200 


3,769,059 


1873 


i960 


898,227 


3,^6,235 


4,044,462 


1874 


1484 


785,285 


3,200,050 


3,985,335 


1875 


1392 


677,640 


3,200,030 


3,877,670 


1876 


1422 


816,485 


3,208,025 


4,024,510 


1877 


1294 


759,310 


3,205,370 


3,964,680 


1878 


1263 


761,836 


3,037,815 


3,799,651 


1879 


1 301 


523,500 


2,992,890 


3,516,390 


1880 


1456 


487,410 


2,947,795 


3,435,205 


1881 


1497 


556,175 


2,877,281 


3,433,456 


188?. 


1559 


416,004 


3,010,430 


3,426,434 


1883 


1654 


407,906 


3,052,000 


3,459,906 


1884 


1533 


449,777 


3,091,995 


3,541,772 


1885 


1667 


479,700 


3,247,100 


3,726,800 



HANU-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD, 



83 



^txoxa Y6^^ lo 1?)?)^, IxidusVoe, 



Total amt assessed, 


Rate per 


No. 


No 


No. 


No. 




including overlay. 


$1,000 


Horses. 


Cows 


Dwell'gs. 


Acres. 


Years. 


$14,532 90 












i860 


16,682 82 


$7 20 


197 


222 


539 


3835 


1861 


16,923 II 


8 40 


182 


227 


546 


3835 


1862 


27,336 20 


13 00 


195 


238 


544 


^^'! 


1863 


28,755 13 


16 00 


201 


219 


549 


3828 


1864 


32,836 83 


18 00 


186 


252 


550 


3828 


1865 


29,569 83 


15 50 


201 


221 


554 


3828 


1866 


41,369 93 


21 00 


210 


211 


559 


^?'! 


1867 


29,104 07 


14 00 


201 


219 


570 


3828 


1868 


40,156 93 


18 00 


229 


234 


602 


3837 


1869 


36,297 80 


13 00 


255 


223 


660 


^!Zf 


1870 


41,091 07 


13 50 


282 


236 


737 


3886 


187I 


75,018 12 


19 00 


299 


218 


832 


3913 


1872 


79,676 29 


18 50 


307 


218 


941 


3913 


1873 


78,304 85 


18 60 


263 


193 


1000 


3913 


1874 


58,851 40 


14 00 


264 


205 


1006 


3913 


1875 


55.359 05 


13 20 


258 


175 


1024 


3916 


1876 


51,296 09 


12 30 


264 


200 


1043 


3915 


'^oH 


48,013 74 


12 00 


229 


191 


1048 


3920 


1878 


44,671 26 


12 00 


268 


251 


1027 


3734 


1879 


49,630 78 


13 60 


309 


239 


1036 


3734 


1880 


52,962 76 


14 60 


301 


216 


1042 


3734 


1881 


60,534 56 


16 80 


306 


226 


1050 


3734 


1882 


53,476 63 


14 50 


3^3 


224 


1060 


3734 


'^oP 


63,276 12 


17 00 


322 


215 


1081 


3740 


1884 


62,962 80 


16 00 


1 338 


245 


1 100 


3740 


1885 ^ 



84 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 



Salaries of "Town Officers. 



Town Treasurer .... 


$200 00 


Town Clerk 


100 00 


Board of Selectmen . . ' . 


400 00 


*' Assessors .... 


400 00 


" Overseers of the Poor 


250 00 


" School Committee 


250 00 


" Auditors .... 


100 00 


" Road Commissioners . 


200 00 


" Registrars .... 


100 00 


" Fire Engineers . 


75 00 


" Health .... 


50 00 


Tax Collector 


400 00 


Constables and Police 


350 00 



Amoutnt of Property Hxempt 
from TTaixation in Wakiefield. 



Baptist Church .... 


$50,000 


Methodist Church .... 


18,000 


Congregational Church 


21,000 


Roman Catholic Church 


20,000 


Universahst Church 


18,000 


Episcopal Church .... 


3,000 


First Congregational of Greenwood 


2,500 



132,500 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 



8s 



Pu-blic Building?^ Insiared. 


Town Hall 


$50,000 


" furniture 


5,000 


Beebe Town library 


4,000 


High School ..... 


30,000 


New Hamilton School House 


11,000 


" " furniture 


1,000 


North Ward School House 


2,000 


Westward '' ... 


2,000 


Centre School House 


4,000 


Centre (Academy) Building 


3,000 


Montrose School House 


2,000 


Greenwood School House 


2,000 


Franklin " " 


4,000 


Woodville " " 


4,000 


Almshouse and Barn 


5,000 



Si 29,000 



Vital Statistics. 



Year. 


Births. 


Marriages. 


Deaths. 


Year. 


Births. 


Marriages. 


Death 


1870 


118 


53 


70 


1878 


117 


37 


98 


187I 


122 


72 


90 


1879 


90 


44 


72 


1872 


172 


82 


120 


1880 


130 


58 


103 


1873 


154 


66 


97 


1881 


121 


72 


119 


1874 


158 


48 


123 


T882 


117 


71 


96 


1875 


119 


60 


104 


1883 


136 


66 


I2T 


1876 


128 


50 


86 


1884 


146 


82 


99 


1877 


103 


49 


96 











86 



HAND-BOOK OK WAKEFIELD. 



Schiool Appropriations. 

The annual appropriations for the regular 
expenses of the public schools, since our town 
corporated as South Reading in 1812, have 
follows : 



1S12 to 


1 814, inclusive, 


^350 


ISI5, 




500 


1816 to 


1818, inclusive, 


560 


I8I9, 




580 


1S20 to 


1822, inclusive. 


520 


1823, 




300 


1824 to 


1825, inclusive. 


500 


1826 " 


1830, 


510 


I83I " 


1832, " 


570 


1833 " 


1834, " 


580 


1835, 




800 


1836, 




850 


i^^37, 




1,045 


1838 to 


1839, inclusive, 


1,000 


1840 " 


1843, 


1,200 


1844, 




1,400 


1845 to 


1846, inclusive, 


1,600 


1847, 




i,Soo 


1848, 




1,780 


1 849 to 


1850, inclusive. 


1,800 


I85I, 




2,100 


1852 to 


1853, inclusive, 


2,400 


1854, 




2,800 


1855, 




2,900 


1856, 




3,550 



185710 1859, inclusive, 

i860, 

1 861 and 1862, 

1863, These four years 

1864, include income 
T865, for State School 
1866, Fund. 
1867, 

1868, 

1869, 

1870 and 1 87 1, 

1872, 

1873, 
1874, 

1875, 
1876, 

1877, 
1878, 

1879, 
1880, 
1881, 
1882, 
1883, 
1884, 
188.5, 



running 
was in- 
been as 

^3,Sco 

4,200 

4,300 

f 3,560 

J 4,125 

] 4,142 

I 5,151 

5,500 

6,000 

6,500 

7,500 

9,290 

12,500 

12,500 

1 7,000 

13,500 

13,000 

1 2,000 

13,000 

11,500 

12,500 

12,500 

14,800 

18,000 

18,200 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 87 

IBy-La^ws of thie Tov^.^n of Wak:e= 
field. 

Adopted at a Le(;al Town Meeting Held July 27, 1874, and 

Approved at a Session of the Superior Court held on 

February 23, 1875. 

obstructing streets. 

Art. I. No person except the Road Commissioners in the lawful 
performance of their duties, or those acting under their orders, 
shall obstruct any sidewalk or street, or any part thereof, or break 
or dig the ground of the same, without first obtaining a written 
license from the Selectmen or Road Commissioners therefor; and 
the person so licensed shall put, and at all times keep up, a suitable 
raihng around the parts of any sidewalk or street so obstructed or 
dug up, as long as the same shall be unsafe or inconvenient for 
travelers, and shall also keep as many lighted lanterns fixed to such 
railing or fence every night from twilight in the evening through 
the whole night as the Selectmen or Road Commissioners shall 
direct. 

obstructing sidewalks. 

Art. 2. Whenever any sidewalk becomes obstructed or made 
impassable by reason of the erecting or repairing of any building or 
of doing any work, the persons doing or causing the same to be 
done shall place a good and convenient temporary walk around such 
obstructions. 

awnings and signs. 

Art. 3. No awning or sign shall be placed or continued over 
any sidewalk unless the support and every part of such awning or 
sign shall be at least eight feet above the sidewalk, without the 
written consent of the Selectmen, which consent shall state the time 
such obstruction shall be allowed. 

DISORDERLY CONDUCT. 

Art. 4. Three or more persons shall not stand in a group or 
near to each other on any sidewalk in such a manner as to obstruct 
a free passage for foot passengers for a longer time than five min- 
utes, nor after a request to move on made by any of the Selectmen, 
Constables or Police Officers of the Town. 

Art. 5. No person shall behave himself in a rude or disorderly 
manner, or use any indecent, profane or insulting language, in any 
public place in this town, or near any dwelling house or other 



88 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 

building therein, or be or remain upon any sidewalk, or upon any 
doorstep or other projection from any house or other building, so 
as to annoy or disturb any person or obstruct any passage to the 
same. And every person so being or remaining as aforesaid, when 
ordered by any constable, police officer, watchman, or by the owner 
or occupant of any building, shall immediately peaceably depart and 
stay away therefrom. 

DRIVING ON SIDEWALKS. 

Art. 6. No person shall ride or drive unnecessarily on any of 
the sidewalks of any street, nor allow his horse or vehicle to remain 
upon a sidewalk a longer time than five minutes together, except by 
permission of the Road Commissioners. 

INJURY TO TREES. 

Art. 7. No person shall tie or fasten any horse, cattle or team 
to any of the trees planted in any public highway, street or public 
lands in this town, nor drive into the same any nails, spikes, hooks 
or staples, nor affix any signs thereto. 

PASTURING CATTLE. 

Art. 8. No person shall pasture any cattle or other animals in 
any of the streets of the town with or without a keeper. 

OBSTRUCTING CROSS-WALKS. 

Art. 9. No person shall permit or suffer any horse, or other ani- 
mal, carriage or vehicle of any description, belonging to him, or 
under his charge, to stand or stop upon any cross-walk in this town 
for any purpose, except the taking up or setting down of passen- 
gers, or for a longer time than shall be necessary for such purpose. 

MARKET STANDS. 

Art. 10. No person shall stand for the purpose of effecting sales 
or for feeding of teams, upon any of the streets of the town, next to 
any private dwelling place, with wood, hay, produce, meat or other 
products of the farm for sale, nor near to any other building when 
objection is made by the owner or occupant thereof, provided that 
any such persons for the aforesaid purpose may occupy that portion 
of the streets next to any vacant public grounds, and that this by- 
law shall not apply to casual calls upon families occuying private 
dwelhngs. 

FAST DRIVING. 

Art. II. No owner or person for the time being having the 
care or use of any horse or other beast of burden, carriage or 
draught, shall ride, drive or permit the same to go at a faster rate 
than nine miles an hour in any street, way or public place in this 
town. 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. §9 



NUISANCES IN THE STREET, ETC, 

Art. 12. No person shall place, or cause to be placed in any 
public street or way of this town the contents of any sink, cesspool, 
or privy, nor place any rubbish or garbage in the same, except for 
the purpose of immediate removal therefrom. 

Art. 13. No person shall throw a carcass of any animal into any 
of the ponds, streams or waters within the limits of this town, or 
suffer or leave any such carcass to decay on the surface of the 
ground, or to be insufficiently buried therein, near any building, 
street or public way or place. 

Art. 14. No person shall at any time whatsoever carry into or 
through any pubhc street, any contents of any sink, cesspool or privy 
in any vehicle which shall not be effectually covered and water 
tight, nor suffer the same to remain standing unnecessarily in any 
such street, nor remove from their premises the contents of any 
cesspool or privy between the hours of six o'clock in the morning 
and six o'olock in the evening, unless by the written consent of the 
Selectmen or Board of Health. 

DEFACING FENCES, ETC. 

Art. 15. No person shall make any marks, letters or figures 
of any kind upon any wall, fence, post, tree, building, or structure, 
without the permission of the owner thereof. 

FIRE ARMS. 

Art. 16. No person shall fire or discharge any gun, fowhng 
piece, pistol, or fire arm, or set fire to any materials known as fire 
works, or other combustible matter, or throw any such lighted fire 
works in any of the streets or avenues of this town. 

BONFIRES. 

Art. 1 7. No person shall make any bonfire or other fire in any 
of the streets, avenues or public ways of this town. 

COASTING. 

Art. 18. No person shall coast in any of the streets or public 
walks of this town. 

BATHING. 

Art. 19. No person shall bathe or swim without personal cov- 
ering, in any public or exposed place in this town. 

BALL PLAYING. 

Art. "20. No person shall throw stones or other heavy missiles, 
nor play at base ball or foot ball within any of tiie public streets or 
pubhc grounds of this towTi wdthout permission of the Selectmen 
first obtained. 



90 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 

PENALTIES. 
Art. 21. Every violation of any of the foregoing by-laws shall 
be punished by a tine of not less than two dollars, nor more than 
twenty dollars, to be recovered by complaint before any District 
Court or any Trial Justice of juvenile offenders in the County of 
Middlesex. 

DISPOSAL OF PENALTIES. 

Art. 22. All penalties recovered for the violation of either of 
the foregoing by-laws shall be paid into the Treasury of the town to 
such use as the town, from time to time, shall direct. 
Special By-Lazvs of the Town of Wakefield, concerjting Truant 
Children and Absentees from School. 

Section i. Any minor between the ages of seven and fifteen 
years, convicted of being an habitual truant, or of wandering about 
in the streets and public places of this town, having no lawful 
employment or business, not attending school, and growing up in 
ignorance, shall be committed to any institution of instruction or 
suitable situation to be provided by the town, or provided by law, 
for the purpose, for such time not exceeding two years as the Jus- 
tice or Court having jurisdiction may determine. Any minor so 
committed may upon proof of amendment, or for other sufficient 
cause shown upon a hearing of the case, be discharged by such 
Justice or Court. 

Sec. 2. Justices of district courts, trial justices for juvenile offen- 
ders, and judges of probate within and for the County of Middlesex, 
shall have jurisdiction of the offences described in Section I. 

Set. 3. The School Committee of the town shall appoint and 
fix the compensation of two or more suitable persons, to be desig- 
nated as truant officers, who shall, under the direction of said com- 
mittee, inquire into all cases arising under these by-laws, and shall 
alone be authorized, in case of violation thereof, to make complaint 
and carry into execution the judgment thereon. The compensation 
of such officers shall be paid from the treasury of the town. 

Sect. 4. It shall be the duty of the School Committe and of the 
Superintendent and Teachers of the public schools to report the 
names of any person or persons violating the provisions of these by- 
laws to the truant officers of the town. 

prosecutors and complainants. 

Art, 23. It shall be the duty of the Selectmen, Constables, Po- 
lice Officers and Watchmen, to prosecute every violation of the 
foregoing by-laws, by complaint as hereinbefore mentioned. All 
prosecutions shall be commenced within three months from the 
date of the violation of the by-law. 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 9 1 

Riiles and Orders 

To BE Observed in all Meetings of the Town. Adopted in 
1853, AND Revised in 1881. 

Rule i. — Every person speaking shall rise, and stand uncovered; 
shall respectfully' address the Chair or Moderator; shall confine 
himself to the question under debate, and avoid all personalities. 

Rule 2. — All original questions shall be put, in the order in 
which they are moved, unless, as in the case of amendments, the 
subsequent motion be previous in its nature; except that the largest 
sum and the longest time shall be put first. 

Rule 3. — No motions shall be received and put until they are 
seconded; and all motions shall be reduced to writing, by the per- 
sons making them, when so requested by the Moderator. 

Rule 4. — When more than one person shall rise to speak at the 
same time, the Moderator shall name the one who shall have the 
floor. 

Rule 5. — All questions of order shall be decided by the Modera- 
tor, subject to an appeal to the meeting — the question on which 
appeal shall be taken before any other. 

Rule 6. — ^The Moderator shall declare all votes — and whenever 
a vote is doubted by seven voters, a count shall be had — which shall 
be by tellers appointed by the Moderator. 

Rule 7. — When a question is under debate, no motion, shall be 
in order, but to adjourn, to lay on the table, for the previous ques- 
tion, to postpone to a day certain, to commit, to amend, or to 
postpone indefinitely ; which several motions shall have precedence, 
in the order thus arranged. 

Rule 8. — Motions to adjourn (except when the business of bal- 
loting is unfinished,) shall always be first in order; and such mo- 
tions, and motions to lay on the table and take up from the table 
shall be decided without debate. 

Rule 9. — The previous question shall be put in the following 
form: "Shall the main question be now put?" and until this 
question is decided, all debate on the main question shall be sus- 
pended. Immediately after taking and adopting the previous ques- 
tion, the sense of the meeting shall be taken upon any pending 
amendments, in the order inverse of that in which they were moved, 
and finally upon the main question. 

Rule id. — On the previous question, no person shall speak more 
than once, without leave; and all incidental questions of order, aris- 
ing after a motion is made for the previous question, shall be de- 
cided without debate. 

Rule i i , — No person shall speak more than once on any ques- 



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tion, until other persons, who have not spoken, shall speak if they 
desire it. 

Rule 12. — No person speaking shall be interrupted, but by a call 
to order. 

Rule 13. — All Committees shall be named and appointed by the 
Moderator, unless otherwise directed by the meeting; and it shall 
be the duty of the member Hrst named to call the Committee togeth- 
er for organization. 

Rule 14. — No motion once made and disposed of, shall be again 
received at the same meeting, or at any adjournment thereof; but 
any one may move a reconsideration — which, when decided, shall 
not be reconsidered at that meeting, or at any adjournment thereof. 

Rule 15. — When the Report of a Committee is placed in the 
hands of the Moderator, it shall be deemed to be properly before 
the meeting for its action thereon — and a vote to accept the same, 
shall discharge the Committee, but shall not be equivalent to a vote 
to carry out its recommendations, without a special vote to adopt it. 

Rule 16. — No report of Committees shall be in order unless made 
under an Article in the warrant which explains the subject to be 
reported upon. 

Juistices of thie F*ea.ce. 

Appointed by the Governor and Council, Commission 
runs seven years from date of appointment. 



Names. 






When Appointed 


Azel Ames Jr., . . . . 1879 


Nathaniel E. Cutler 






1879 


Abel F. Hutchinson 






1879 


Edward Mansfield 






1879 


Mason S. Southworth 






1879 


Otis V. Waterman . 






1879 


Samuel K. Hamilton 






1880 


William E. Rogers 






1880 


Richard Britton 






i88r 


Everett W. Eaton . 






1881 


Daniel Norcross 






1881 


Edward A. Upton 






1881 



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John W. Wellman 






1881 


Freeman Emmons 






1882 


James F. Emerson 






1882 


Winfield C. Jordan 






1882 


Geo. H. Towle 






1882 


William N. Tyler . 






1882 


Franklin A. Gowen 






1883 


Clarence A. Parks 






1883 


Daniel G. Walton 






1883 


Alstead W. Brownell 






1884 


Dean Dudley 




• 


1884 


Chester W. Eaton . 






1884 


John W. Locke 






1885 


Charles F. Hartshorne 

Notaries ] 


Piat 


)lic 


1885 



Appointed by the Governor and Council, — Commission 
runs seven years from date of appointment. 

Names. When Appointed. 

Samuel K. Hamilton . . . 1883 

Chester W. Eaton . . . 1885 



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Of Neighboring Cities and Towns with Comparative 
Statements of Populations. 















Towns. 




1870. 


1875- 


1880. 


1885. 


Arlington . - . 


1807 


3,261 


3,906 


4,100 


4,673 


Cambridge 








1633 


39,634 


47,838 


52,669 


59,600 


Danvers 








1757 


5,600 


6,024 


6,598 


7,048 


Lexington 








1712 


2,277 


2,505 


2,460 


2,918 


Lynn 








1637 


28,233 


32,600 


38,274 


45,861 


Lynnfield 








1782 


818 


769 


686 


766 


Maiden 








1649 


7,367 


10,843 


12,017 


16,407 


Medford 








1630 


5.717 


6,267 


7,573 


9,041 


Melrose 








1850 


3,414 


3,990 


4,560 


6,101 


North Reading 








1853 


942 


979 


900 


878 


Peabody 








1855 


7,343 


8,066 


9,028 


9,530 


Reading 








1644 


2,664 


3,186 


3,181 


3,539 


Salem 








1629 


24,117 


25,958 


27,563 


28,084 


Saugus 








1815 


2,247 


2,578 


2,625 


2,471 


Somerville 








1842 


14,685 


21,868 


24,933 


29,992 


Stoneham 








1725 


4,513 


4,984 


4,890 


5,652 


Wakefield 








1812 




5,349 


5,547 


6,060 


Watertown 








1630 


4,326 


5,099 


5,426 


6,238 


Waltham 








1737 


9,065 


9,967 


11,712 


14,609 


Wenham 








1643 


905 


911 


889 


871 


Wilmington, 








1730 


866 


879 


933 


991 


Winchester 








1850 


2,645 


3,099 


3,802 


4,390 


Woburn 








1642 


3,560 


9,568 


10,931 


11,750 



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District Cot_irt. 

First District Court of Eastern Middf,esex. 

Sessions are held at Wakefield, on ^Vednesdays and 
Thursdays, and at Maiden on Mondays, Tuesdays, Fri- 
days and Saturdays, at 9.30 o'clock A. M. This Court 
has jurisdiction in Wakefield, Wilmington, North Read- 
ing, Reading, Stoneham, Melrose, Maiden, Everett and 
Medford. Justice: John W. Pettengill of Maiden ; salary, 
^1,500 per year. Special Justices: Thomas S. Harlow of 
Medford and Solon Bancroft of Reading. Clerk: Wil- 
liam N. Tyler of Wakefield ; salary, $1,000. 

IVledical Examiner's District. 

Wakefield is in District No. 3, which comprises the 
towns of Melrose, Stoneham, Wakefield, Wilmington, 
Reading and North Reading. Dr. George E. Putney of 
Reading is the Medical Examiner of the District. 
Congressional District. 

Wakefield is in the 6th Congressional District. In this 
district are also the towns and cities of Everett, Maiden, 
Medford, Melrose, Reading, Stoneham and Winchester in 
Middlesex County; Nahant, Saugus, Swampscott and 
Lynn of Essex County ; and Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop 
and wards 3, 4, and 5 of Boston, in the County of Suf- 
folk. 

Cotancillor and Senatorial Dis= 
trict. 

Wakefield is in the 6th Councillor District and in the 
6th Middlesex Senatorial District. In the Senatorial dis- 
trict, beside Wakefield, are included the towiis of Bedford, 



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Billerica, Burlington, Melrose, North Reading, Reading, 
Stoneham, Tewksbury, Wilmington, \\'inchester and Wo- 
burn. 

Representative District. 
Wakefield constitutes the nth Representative District, 
and is entitled to one Representative to the General 
(Jourt. 

Representatives since 1812. 
John Hart, 1812 — '14, '20, '21, '23, '24 

John Gould, . . . , . 181 6 



Thomas Emerson, Jr 
Lilley Eaton, 
Lemuel Sweetser, 
James Butler, . 
Noah Smith, 
Benjamin Emerson, 
Jonas Evans, 
Aaron Foster, Jr., 
Joseph W. Vinton, 
Jacob Tufts, 
Jonas Cowdrey, 
Robert H. Raddin, 
Franklin Poole, 
Samuel Kingman, 
Edward Mansfield, 
John B. Atwell, 
James M. Sweetser, 
James Oliver, . 
Madison Sweetser, 
John S. Eaton, 



i825-'30, '38 
18^1 ' 



39. 41 
-'35, '45. '48 
1832 and 'S3 
1835 and '36 
[836 and '37 
1837 
1839 
1840 
1840 

1843 
1844 
1846 

1847 
1850 
1851 
1852 

1855 
1856 

1857 
1858 



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97 



John Wiley 2d, 


i860 


William H. Atwell, 


1862 


Daniel Allen, . 


. 1864 and '65 


James F. Mansfield, 


. 1867 and '68 


Benjamin F. Packard, 


1870 


Edward H. Walton, 


1871 


Richard Britton, 


1872, '73, '74 


Thos. Winship, . . • 


1876, '77 


Solon Walton, . 


1878 


Azel Ames Jr., 


1879 


Lucius Beebe, 


1880 


Solon 0. Richardson, 


1881, '82 


Arlon S. Atherton, . 


1883, '85 


Robert Blyth, 


1884, '86 



List of thie Important Xo^^/n 
Officers since I860. 

Selectmen. 



i860 Thos. Green 

John Purrington 
Edward Mansfield 

1 86 1 Thos. Green 
John Purrington 
Edward Mansfield 

1862 Thos. Green (resigned) 
Lucius Beebe 

Henry Oliver 
Thomas B, Walker, (elec- 
ted to fill the vacancy), 

1863 Horatio Dolliver 
John S. Eaton 
D. B. \\Tieelock 

1864 D. B. Wheelock 
Horatio Dolliver 
Thomas B. Walker 



1865 T. B. Walker 
Edward Mansfield 
D. B. Wheelock 

1866 Thos. B. Walker 
John S. Eaton 
P. C. ^^^leeler 

1867 John S. Eaton 
James Oliver 
James F. Mansfield 

1868 James Oliver 
James F. Mansfield 
Richard Britton 

1869 James Oliver 
Richard Britton 
James F, Mansfield 



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1870 Richard Britton 


1878 James Oliver 


Joseph W. Adams 


John S. Eaton 


James OHver 


B. B. Burbank 


1 87 1 John M. Gate 


1879 James Oliver 


Joseph W. Adams 


John S. Eaton 


Chas. F. Hartshorne 


B. B. Burbank 


1872 John S. Eaton 


1880 Theodore E. Balch 


Richard Britton 


Arlon S. Atherton 


Lucius Beebe 


B. B. Burbank 


1873 Richard Britton 


1 88 1 James Oliver 


Daniel G. Walton 


John S. Eaton 


James OHver 


B. B. Burbank 


1874 James Oliver 


1882 Sumner Pennell 


William S. Greenough 


John S. Eaton 


Wm. K. Perkins 


Alstead W. Brownell 


1875 William S. Greenough 


1883 James OHver 


Wm. K. Perkins 


Otis V. Waterman 


Robert L. Murkland 


Alstead W. Brownell 


1876 James Oliver 


1884 Alstead W. Brownell 


Robert L. Murkland 


Isaac F. Eaton 


B. B. Burbank 


John S. Eaton 


1877 James OHver 


1885 Alstead W. Brownell 


R. L. Murkland 


Isaac F. Eaton 


B. B. Burbank 


John S. Eaton 



Town Clerks. 



1 860 James O. Boswell 

1 86 1 C. H. Shepard 

1 862-1 864 J. C. Hartshorne 



1 865- 1 867 Chester W. Eaton 
1 868-1 872 Benj. F. Packard 
1 872-1 885 Chas. F. Hartshorne 



Town Treasurers. 



1 860- 1 864 Jas. F. Emerson 
1864 James M. Evans * 

* resigned 



1864-1^ 
1882-1^ 



Jas. F. Emerson 
Thomas J. Skinner 



Collectors of Taxes. 



i860 James Oliver 
1 861 P. C. Wheeler 
1 862-1 864 E. A. Upton 
1 865-1 866 P. C. Wheeler 



1 867-1 873 C. W. Eaton 
1873-1876 Otis V. Waterman 
1 876-1 883 Richard Britton 
1 883- 1 885 Chas. F. Woodward 



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99 



iS6o 
1861 
1862 
1863 
1864 
1865 
1866 
1867 
1868 
1869 
1870 
1871 
1872 



James Oliver 
Lilley Eaton 
Adam Wiley 
James Oliver 
Stillman A. Eaton 
Lilley Eaton 
Everett Hart 
D. B. Wheelock 
Jos. W. Bancroft 
U. B. Wheelock 
Joseph W. Bancroft 
Everett Hart 
Stillman A. Eaton 
Horatio Dolliver 
D. B. Wheelock 
Edward Mansfield 
Horatio Dolliver 
James Oliver 
James Oliver 
A. C. Perkins 
Horatio Dolliver 
James Oliver 
Horatio Dolliver 

A. C. Perkins 
James Oliver 
Samuel Gardner 
Alexander Turnbull 
James Oliver 
Samuel Gardner 

B. F. Packard 
James Oliver 
B. F. Packard 
Daniel G. Walton 
James Oliver 

B. F. Packard 
Daniel G. Walton 
Daniel G. Walton 
James Oliver 
Geo. H. Sweetser 



Assessors. 
1873 

1874 

1875 

1876 

1877 

1878 

1879 
1880 
1881 
1882 
1883 
1884 
1885 



James Oliver 
Richard Britton 
John Purrington 
Richard Britton 
James Oliver 
David Perkins 
Edward Mansfield 
David Perkins 
R. L. Murkland 
James Oliver 
David Perkins 
David Batchelder 
David Perkins 
James Oliver 
John S. Eaton 
John S. Eaton 
John Purrington 
James Oliver 
John S. Eaton 
David Perkins 
James Oliver 
James Oliver 
Chas. F, Hartshorne 
David Perkins 
James Oliver 
Chas. F. Hartshorne 
David Perkins 
David Perkins 
Chas. F. Hartshorne 
John S. Eaton 
David Perkins 
Chas. F. Hartshorne 
Chas. F. Woodward 
Chas. F. Hartshorne 
Chas. F. Woodward 
John M. Gate 
Chas. F. Hartshorne 
Chas. F. Woodward 
David Perkins 



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Overseers of the Poor. 



i860 Hiram Sweetser 
William Oliver 
Stephen Lufkin 

1 861 William Oliver 
Hiram Sweetser 
Stephen Lufkin 

1862 J. W. Dean 
Horatio DolHver 

1863 Horatio DoUiver 
J. W. Dean 

E. S. Upham 

1864 Horatio DoUiver 
Charles H. Stearns 
William Oliver 

1865 Thomas Green 
Hiram Sweetser 
Horatio DoUiver 

1866 John Winship 

A. G. Sweetser 
James Oliver 

1867 James Oliver 
John Winship 
Samuel F. Littlefield 

1868 James OUver 
Samuel F. Littlefield 
Lewis Fairbanks 

1869 James Oliver 
Samuel F. Littlefield 
Cyrus N. \^^ite 

1870 Cyrus N. \\Tiite 
M. F. Leslie 

S. F. Littlefield 

1 87 1 Cyrus N. White 
M. F. LesUe 

B. F. Packard 

1872 Cyrus N. White 
James W. Dean 
Stephen Lufkin 



1873 Richard Britton 
James Oliver 
Daniel G. Walton 

1874 James Oliver 
Cyrus N, White 
Daniel G. Walton 

1875 JaiTies Oliver 
Daniel G. Walton 
Cyrus N. White 

ig76 Cyrus N. White 
B. W. Oliver 
Ira Wiley Jr. 

1877 Cyrus N. White 
Wm. F. Young 
Ira Wiley [r. 

1878 Cyrus N. White 
Joseph Connell 
S. F. Littlefield 

1879 Cyrus N. White 
Samuel F. Littlefield 
Wm. H. At well 

1880 John M. Gate 
Wm. G. Strong 
Theodore E. Balch 

1 88 1 John Purrington 
John S. Eaton 
James W. Dean 

1882 John Purrington 
John S. Eaton 
Hiram Eaton 

1883 Hiram Eaton 
John G. Morrill 
Joseph Connell 

1884 Hiram Eaton 
John G. Morrill 
Michael Low 

1885 Hiram Eaton 
John G. Morrill 
John S. Eaton 



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lOI 



Board of Health. 



1872 Chas. Jordan 
Azel Ames Jr. 
L. B. Evans 
C. W. Eaton 
J. R. Mansfield 

1874 S. O. Richardson 
Samuel W. Abbott 
Azel Ames Jr. 
Albert Day 
John R. Mansfield 

1875 ^- ^- Richardson 
J. R. Mansfield 
J. P. Tucker 

1876 S. O. Richardson 
J. R. Mansfield 
J. P. Tucker 

1877 S. O. Richardson 
J. R. Mansfield 
E. P. Colby 



1878 S. O. Richardson 
E. P. Colby 
John R. Mansfield 

1879 S. O. Richardson 
E. P. Colby 
John M. Cate 

1 88 1 John Purrington 
John M. Cate 
Azel Ames Jr. 

1882 John Purrington 
John S. Eaton 
Azel Ames Jr. 

1883 John M. Cate 
Hosea L. Day 
John Homer 

1884 John M. Cate 
Hosea L. Day 
John Homer 

1885 Preston Sheldon 
John R. Mansfield 
Joseph W. Heath 

School Committee. 



Lilley Eaton, i86o-'63 
Edward Mansfield, i86o-'68 
James M. Sweetser, i860, '64 
A. Augustus Foster, i86o-'63, 

'70, '71 
John Winship, i86o-'62 
P. H. Sweetser, i86o-'64, '66- 

'69, '71 
Edward A.Upton, i86i-'66, '70- 

'72, '82-'85 
Everett Hart, i862-'64 
Chester W. Eaton, i864-'69 
George Bullen, 1865 
Charles R. Bliss, i865-'67, '70- 

'76 
James O. Boswell, i867-'69 
T. Albert Emerson, i867-'69 
James W. Willmarth, i868-'69 
Charles Jordan, 1 869-' 71 
John W. Chickering, 1869 
Lucius Beebe, i87o-'8i, '8^, '84 



Cyrus Wakefield, 1872, '73 
Samuel W. Abbott, i872-'74 
Thomas Winship, 1872, '73 
WilUam F. Potter, i873-'75 
Henrv D. Smith, i873-'76 
Chaplin G. Tyler, i874-'76 
George W. Aborn, i875-'8o 
Samuel K. Hamilton, i876-'8i, 

'83-'85 
Charles Keyser, 1S76, '77 
Theodore E. Balch, i876-'8i 
Edward P. Colby, i877-'82, '84 
Quincy Whitney, 1877 
Austin S. Garver, 1878 
Wilham N. Tvler, i879-'84 
Selim S. White, 1 881 -'85 
Calista A. Winship, 1882 
Sara L. Whittemore, 1882 
Melvin J. Hill, i882-'85 
Ashton H. Thayer, 1885 
Preston Sheldon, 1885 



I02 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 

A. Brief Skietchi of ttie History of 
Wal^efield. 1639-1885. 

Wakefield was originally a part of the old township of 
Lynn. In 1639, ten years subsequent to the settlement 
of Lynn, sundry individuals, inhabitants of that township, 
petitioned the General Court for permission to settle in- 
land. This request was granted on the ninth of Septem- 
ber, and thus, in the year of our Lord 1639, was com- 
menced the settlement, of what is to-day, the prosperous 
town of Wakefield. 

This grant to the township of Lynn, included a territory 
''four miles square" and was substantially the same com- 
pass of land as that now covered by the towns of Wake- 
field and Reading. "The petition of the inhabitants of 
Lynn, for a place for an inland plantation, at the head of 
their bounds, is granted them 4 miles square, as the place 
will afifoard ; upon condition that the petitioners shall, 
within two years, make some good proceeding in planting, 
so as it may be a village, fit to contain a convenient num- 
ber of inhabitants, which may in dewe time have a church 
there ; and so as such as shall remove there, shall not 
withall keepe their accommodations in Lynn above 2 
years after their removal to said village, upon pain to for- 
feit their interest in one of them at their election ; except 
this Court shall see fit cause to dispense further with 
them." The land mentioned in this grant was purchased 
of the Indians for ^10.16, and the deed signed in 1640 
by Sagamore David, and Kunkshamooshaw, whose wig- 
wams were in the region of Lynn and Chelsea, and also 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. TO3 

signed by his wife Abigail, James Quoiiopohit and others. 

Under this grant a settlement was begun, and in 1644, 
the town of Reading was incorporated. "Lynn Village" 
was the name first given to this inland plantation. In 
1640, the General Court decreed "that the inhabitants of 
Lynn Village should be exempted from taxes as soon as 
seven houses should be built and seven families settled." 
Four years later, a sufficient number of houses having 
been erected, and the requisite number of families having 
become settled, the Court further ordered "that Lynn 
Village should take the name of 'Redding' " This decree 
constituted the act of incorporation of the old town of 
Reading. 

The name "Reading" was presumably taken from a 
borough and market town of note, near London, England^ 
from whence came some of the first settlers of Lynn. 

The first locations of these early comers were on the 
eastern borders of beautiful Lake Quannapowitt. This 
nucleus of a village, situated in a pleasant valley flanked 
on either side by gently sloping hills grew and thrived for 
many years, with varying fortunes. In 1644, the first 
church of the parish was organized, being the twelfth in 
the colony. When eight years had elapsed from the time 
of setdement, a general division of the lands took place. 
In 1648, we find the first mention of the granting of a 
license for the sale of intoxicating liquors in the village. 
"Permission is given to Francis Smith of Reading to 
draw wine in the town, for refreshing travellers and oth- 
ers, he paying excise." The first election of highway 
surveyors also occurred this year. In 1651, the Court 



I04 H AMD-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 

granted to the town of Lynn, the tract of land which is 
now known as North Reading. In 1655, there were 
twenty slaves in the village, — 14 males and 6 females. 
The town ordered in 1657, "that there shall be two gen- 
eral town meetings every year : one on the first second 
day in February, yearly, and one on the first second day 
in December, yearly ; and every inhabitant that shall ab- 
sent himself from these meetings, shall pay 2 shillings and 
6 pence, if he be not there by 9 o'clock in the morning." 

In 1667, there were fifty-nine dwelling-houses in the 
town. In 1668, the town ordered "that no man, after 
this date, shall come into the town, here to inhabit, with- 
out the consent of the town." The same year the water 
rights of the river, the outlet of Crystal Lake, now flowing 
through the factory grounds of the Wakefield Rattan Co., 
were given to Jonathan Poole, free, as power for grinding 
the town's corn. The Garrison House was erected in 
167 1, for protection against the Indians. In 1685, the 
town chose two moderators to preside at its town meet- 
ings. This practice was in vogue for many years. A 
highway to what is now Charlestown was this year laid 
out. 

In 1688 a war with the Indians broke out. Major 
Jeremiah Swayne of Reading was appointed and com- 
missioned by the Court, as Commander in Chief of all 
the forces raised in defence. About 1691 the Court 
empowered the same person to join persons in marriage 
in Reading. 

In 1692 commenced the delusion known as "witch- 
craft." It originated in Salem village, in the family of 



HANr-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. IO5 

the minister of the Parish, whose daughter and niece, 
girls of ten and eleven years of age, and other girls in the 
neighborhood, began to act strangely. As no satisfactory 
name could be given to this disorder, they were gravely 
pronounced to be bewitched. Reading was not exempt 
from this terrible affliction ; for women were here arrested 
and imprisoned for witchcraft, but were subseq-uendy 
acquitted. 

A free school was established in 1693. It was a school 
"where young people were taught to read, wTite, and cast 
up accounts." Jonathan Poole was the schoolmaster. 
1700-1812 

The early part of the i8th century saw a great revival 
in school matters ; new schools were opened and teachers 
of experience were obtained. In 1 706 five Indians from 
a party who had attacked Dunstable, ventured within the 
limits of the town, and surprised and attacked the family 
of John Harnden in the night time, killing Mrs. Harnden 
and three children, and carrying away the rest. The 
latter were subsequently recovered. In 1 7 1 1 several of 
the male inhabitants of the village embarked with an ex- 
pedition against the French and Indians in Nova Scotia 
and Canada. 

In 1729, the north part of Maiden was annexed to 
Reading. This section was probably the compass of land 
now known as Greenwood. A perpetual common was 
set apart in 1 737. The passage of the Stamp Act by the 
British Parliament in 1765 was indignantly protested 
against by the inhabitants of Reading. At a town meet- 
ing held October 22, 1765, the town Representative to 



I06 HAND-BOOK OF WAKR FIRI/.O. 

the (General Court was given emphatic instructions to 
use every effort, and to join in every proper measure 
looking to the repeal of the obnoxious act. 

Ten years later witnessed the struggle of the Colonies 
against continued unlawful and offensive taxes levied by 
England, which finally resulted in our national independ- 
ence. 

The town voted in 1774, ''tj maintain the Charter 
Rights in every constitutional way." IJelegates were 
sent to the Provincial (Congress, whose sentiments the 
towQ voted to adopt as their own, and strictly adhere to 
them. What the patriotic people of Reading did in the 
glorious struggle for their independence is thus summed 
up in the "History of Wakefield." ''The records of each 
parish, during the continuance of the war, breathe the 
most earnest patriotism, the most determined resolution* 
and are full of votes for raising and providing money, 
provisions, clothing, fuel and men, in cheerful response 
to all the calls of the Government." The town sent in 
all to the war, about 400 men, not including minute men, 
drafted from time to time, to guard prisoners and for 
similar services. 

In 1776 a census of Massachusetts showed that Read- 
ing with but a single exception, (Sudbury) was the lar- 
gest town in respect to population in Middlesex County. 
In 1785 the First Parish, (what is now Wakefield) peti- 
tioned the General Court, to be set off as a separate and 
distinct town. This petition was not granted until 181 2. 



hand-kook of wakefield. io? 

History From the Incorporation of South Reading in 
1 812, 10 THE Time of the Change of Name in 1868. 

1S12-1820. For many years previous to the final 
separation and incorporation of South Reading as a 
distinct town, the people of this enterprising and pros- 
perous village, had been making strenuous efforts looking 
to this separation. Finally, on the 25th of February in 
the year 181 2, the town of South Reading was incorpora- 
ted under authority of an act of the General Court of 
Massachusetts. 

The first town meeting of South Reading was held in 
the Town Hall, March 5, 1812, when John Gould was 
elected Town C/<?r/^ / Lilley Eaton, Town Treasurer ;^xid 
James Gould, Benjamin Badger, and John Gould, Select- 
men, Assessors and Overseers. This year ^800 was 
raised for common and ordinary expenses, $350 for 
schooling, $450 for the highways. War was declared this 
year with England, South Reading patriotically furnishing 
her quota of soldiers, as well as h^r portion of arms and 
accoutrements. 

In 18 1 3, the town commenced printing its town expen- 
ses. In redistiicting the state for Representative to 
Congress in 18 14, the town was set off from Middlesex 
County and annexed to Essex North District. A petition 
was forwarded to the General Court remonstrating against 
this action which had the desired effect, and South Read- 
ing was re- annexed to the Middlesex District. 

The first stage which passed regularly through the 
town, connecting with Boston, commenced to run in 181 7 



lOi HAND- HOOK OF WAKEFIKLD. 

1820 — 1830. In 1825, the present town farm and 
almshouse was purchased. The South Reading Academy 
was organized and incorporated in 1828. A temperance 
society was organized the following year, and two years 
later saw the organization of the South Reading Lyceum. 
- 1830 — 1840. The South Reading Mechanic and 
Agricultural Institution was organized in 1833. In 1837 
the town paid off its debt with a suprlus in the treasury- 

1840 — 1850. A new hearse-house was built in 1840. 
In 1842 an attempt was made to preserve the shade trees 
in the town, and to set out new ones. This movement 
was supported by the South Reading Ornamental Tree 
Society formed this year. 

In the year 1844, work was begun on that part of the 
Boston and Maine Railroad extension, between Wilming- 
ton and Boston, passing through South Reading. This 
extension was completed the following year, and pas- 
senger trains were first regularly run on July 4, 1845. 
When it was first proposed to run this railroad through 
it was predicted "that South Reading would probably 
furnish as many as thirty daily passengers^ How differ- 
ent this daily travel between that of our town to-day, 
when a thousand or more go to and from Boston every 
day ! 

The Bi- Centennial anniversary ot the town was proper- 
ly celebrated by the people of South Reading, Reading 
and North Reading, May 29, 1844, with distinguished 
observances. 

The town this year voted to establish an English High 
School, with the provision that the whole expense of rent? 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 



109 



instruction etc., etc., for said school, should not exceed 
$600 per annum. Voted also that if such a school be 
established, the several primary schools in town shall be 
taught wholly by female instructors. 

The subject of a change in the town name was first 
brought forward in December, 1846. The following is 
the vote of the town on various names proposed : 

Winthrop 71 

South Reading 35 

Florence ...... 6 

Shawmut 
Calais 
Lakeville 
Vernon 
Greenville . 

A petition was forwarded to the Legislature asking that 
the name of the to\\Ti be changed from South Reading to 
Winthrop. The Legislature, however, saw fit to refuse 
this request, and it was not until 1868 that a change in 
the town name was made. 

The tow^n in 1847 purchased the academy building for 
use of the High School. The names "Quannapowitt" 
and "Wappahtuch" were given to the upper and lower 
lakes respectively this year. 

1850 — 1860. The town voted in 1852 to pay the 
members of the engine company $5, beside their poll tax? 
per annum, also voted to erect a new engine house for 
the Yale engine which was purchased this year. This 
house was built the subsequent year (1853). The first 
regular fire department was established in 1854. In 1856 



TIO HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 

a new almshouse was built and a public library was au- 
thorized. In 1857 the town voted "that hereafter the 
annual town meetings shall be held in April, instead of 
March," which custom is still in vogue. In 1858 the 
Greenwood school-house was removed to its present 
location on Oak street. The following year the town 
changed the name of that portion of its territory long 
know as "East Ward" to "Montrose." The Yale engine 
house was burned this year, and a new structure was 
immediately erected. 

i860 — 1868. The Common was fenced in i860 at a 
cost of $636.75. The long misunderstanding between 
the North and South came to a focus in 1861, and Civil 
War, with its atttending terrors, burst upon the entire 
country. South Reading responded to the call of Presi- 
dent Lincoln for troops, and was, during the war, one of 
the most patriotic towns in the North. A fuller account 
of South Reading as relating to the Rebellion, may be 
found under Military Record. 

1868— 1885. 

In 1868 the town again took action looking to a change 
in the town name. Voted "that the Selectmen be direct- 
ed to prepare a petition in the name and behalf of the 
town, to be presented to the Legislature of Massachusetts? 
praying that the name of the town of South Reading may 
be changed to that of 'Wakefield.' " This was in honor 
of one of the most liberal citizens of the town — the late 
Cyrus Wakefield. Said petition secured prompt attention 
from the Legislature and the following act was passed and 
approved by the Governor, Feb. 25, 1868. 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. Ill 

" Be it enacted, etc. 

Section i. The Town of South Reading, in the 
County of Middlesex, shall take the name of Wakefield. 

Section 2. This action shall take effect from and after 
the thirtieth day of June, in the year one thousand eight 
hundred and sixty-eight." 

The change in name was elaborately and appropriately 
celebrated July 4, 1868. 

1870 — 1880 An engine house was built this year 
(1870) in Montrose. 532,500 was appropriated for the 
purchase of the present High School grounds at the cor- 
ner of Lafayette and Common streets, and for the erec- 
tion of a school building thereon ; also $7,000 for a similar 
purchase and erection of a school-house on Franklin 
street, at the Junction. Railroad street took its name in 
1872. Town voted in 1872 "to purchase a hook and 
ladder carriage at a cost not exceeding $1,000." Also 
voted the sum of $20,000 for finishing and furnishing 
the new High School house then in process of erection. 
$4,500 was appropriated for the erecting of a new school 
house in Woodville. 

In 1872 a new receiving tomb was constructed in the 
Old Burial Ground on Church street. The Hook and 
Ladder carriage was purchased for $947.50. Action was 
taken by the town to improve the New Park. Lake 
Avenue was laid out, drains were constructed, and the 
public common otherwise enhanced in beauty. The first 
Board of Health was elected this year. The following 
year the Maiden Bridge tax was abolished. A town flag 
was bought for $72. One thousand copies of the "His- 



I I 2 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 

tory of Wakefield" were published this year under author- 
ity of a vote of the town, $3,300 being appropriated there- 
for, of which sum, $3,258.55 was expended. In 1874 
there were 40 miles of street. The present code of By- 
Laws was this year put in force. In 1875 the population 
of the town was 5,349, 2,511 being males and 2,838, 
females. There were 1,274 families and 1,218 voters. 
Of 1,010 dwelling houses. 951 were occupied, and 59 
were vacant. The number of manufacturing establish- 
ments in town was 82. The value of goods manufac- 
tured was $1,302,311, against $735,220 in 1864. The 
amount of capital invested was $1,263,530, against only 
$303,400 a decade previous. The value of stock used 
was $539,398. 1,059 persons were employed in the manu- 
factories of the town, and the value of buildings used for 
manufacturing purposes was $305,525. 

A new lock-up was built in 1876 in the basement of 
the Town Hall Building. The Board of Fish Committee 
was first elected this year. A law was passed by the 
Legislature, Feb. 16, 1877 prohibiting fishing in Lake 
Quannapowitt until Jan. i, 1882. The following year a 
15 years' lease of the lake was obtained by the town from 
the Fish Commissioners of the state. Crystal Lake had 
already been leased for a term of years to private indi- 
viduals. The present Town Seal was first brought into 
use in 1878. In 1880, in accordance with the desires of 
a majority of the citizens, and in response to a petition, 
numerously signed, two night watchmen were appointed, 
and this system of police protection has since continued 
to exist. A revision of the Rules and Orders adopted in 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. II3 

1853, was made after careful consideration by a commit- 
tee appfointed for the purpose, in 1881. 

The great Rattan fire occurred on the night of March 
12, 1 88 1.. The loss to the Company was $190,000, fully 
covered by insurance. The steamer, Lucius Beebe, No. 
T, was purchased in 1882 for $3,400. $500 was this 
year appropriated for the enforcement of the liquor laws. 
A classification of the statistics of the town was made in 
1882, under the direction of the Town Clerk. The con- 
tract for hydrant service between the Quannapowitt Water 
Company, or, as it now is, the Wakefield Water Company, 
and the town of Wakefield, was signed January 20, 1883. 
The Hamilton School Building was erected in 1883, and 
the total cost of the structure up to April, 1884, when 
the building was completed and turned over to the town, 
was $18,658.90. 

At a town meeting held April 6, 1885, the town voted 
to accept a gift of $10,000 devised under the will of 
Cornelius Sweetser, late of Saco, Me., the money to be 
safely invested and the income to be yearly expended in 
providing such lectures as will tend to improve and ele- 
vate the minds of the people of Wakefield. The use of 
the C. Wakefield engine was this year abandoned, the 
Chemical engine transferred to Montrose, and the Chem- 
ical Engine Company changed to a Hydrant Hose Com- 
pany. Voted also to store the Yale Engine at the engine 
house in Montrose. 



15 



TI4 HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 

Interesting Facts. 

•'Now will we gather up 
Stray fragments that elucidate our story; 
The breezy freedom of past years commingling 

With these our busy times." 

The Yale Engine was purchased in 1852. 

The Chemical Engine was bought in 1871. 

Boundary line between Wakefield and Lynnfield was 
defined April 2, 1870. 

A portion of Stoneham on the east side was annexed 
to South Reading, April 5, 1856. 

There are 94 streets, courts and avenues in Wakefield, 
covering over 40 miles in length. 

Name changed from South Reading to Wakefield, 
June 30, 1868. 

The High School Building lot on the corner of Com- 
mon and Lafayette streets was purchased in 1871, and in 
size is 146 X 204 feet, and containing 28,154 sq. ft. 
Ground was broken September 1 6, 1 8 7 1 . Dedication oc- 
curred October 10, 1872. 

The History of Reading, by the Hon. Lilley Eaton, 
was pubhshed in 1873. It embraces a very complete 
history of Wakefield from its settlement in 1639 to 1873. 

The public streets of the town now known as Main, 
Lowell, Salem, Cordis, Pleasant, Mechanic, Eaton, Cres- 
cent, Water, Nahant, Oak, Albion, Railroad, Chestnut, 
Common, Church, Lafayette, Prospect, Cedar, Elm, Ver- 
non, Pine and Greenwood, were given their names in 
1847. 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 



115 



Streets Laid. Ou.t. 



Greenwood street . 


. 


. 


in 1828 


Crescent street 






" 1838 


Pleasant street 






" 1839 


Eaton street 






" 1841 


Chestnut street 






" 1845 


Railroad street 






" 1845 


Railroad, (south of depot) 






" 1847 


Wiley street . . . . 






" 1849 


Avon street . . . . 






" 1850 


Park street . . . . 






" 1852 


North Mechanic street . 






" 1852 


Sweetser street 






" 1852 


School street 






" 1852 


Richardson street . 






" 1853 


Melvin street 






" 1853 


Farm street . 






" 1853 


Forest street . 






" 1853 


Pearl street . 






" 1853 


Gould street . 






" 1856 


West Chestnut street 






" 1856 


W^ashington street (changed t( 


3 Foundry 


in 18 


71) " 1857 


Lake street 






" 1857 


Yale Avenue . 






" 1866 


Frankhn street 






" 1867 


South Cedar street 






" 1868 


Bryant street 






" 1869 


Myrtle Avenue 






" 1869 


Centre street . 






" 1870 


Traverse street 






" 1870 


Emerald street 






. '« 1871 


Fitch Court . 






" 1871 


Lawrence street 






. " 1871 


Highland street 




. 


" 1872 


Cedar street 




. 


. " 1872 



1x6 



HAND-BOOK OF WAKEFIELD. 



Lake Avenue 

Valley street 

Highland street 

Hart street 

New vSalem street 

West Water street, accepted 

Pleasant street extension 

Otis street 

Summer street 

Orchard street 

Cottage street 

Emerson street 

Beacon street 

Winn street . 

Charles street 

Spaulding street 

Murray street 

Auburn street 

Otis street extension 

Byron street 

Central street 

Lincoln street 

Smith street 

Lakeside Avenue 



in 1872 


" 1873 


" 1873 


" 1873 


" 1874 


" 1874 


" 1875 


" 1875 


" 1875 


" 1875 


" 1875 


" 1876 


" 1876 


" 1876 


" 1876 


'* 1878 


" 1878 


" 1879 


" 1880 


" 1881 


" 1881 


" 1881 


" 1881 



V 



^^^M^ 



*./lDVDRTISING« 
*DDPARTa)C-NT.« 



^^^i?^^^^r^^^ 



KYBRETT G. DALAND, 



DEALER IN 



DRY & FANCY GOODS, 



CLOTHING, 



H-A^TS sc FXJi^isrisiEiinsra-s. 



Re\\at\e &odis so\i al t\ve Lowest SlaxYet 



Wakefield Agent for BUTTERICK'S PATTERNS, MELROSE LAUN- 
DRY, N. Y and S. L DYEING ESTABLLSHMENT. 



450 MAIN STREET, 



WAKEFIELD. 



CUTLER BROS., 



WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALER? 



Flour, Grain. Ifeij and Straw. 

Poultry Supplies. 

Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Colors Ground in Oil 
and Japan, Dry Colors, Ready-Mixed Paints, 
Housekeepers' Paints (in small pachages), Tube 
Colors, Gold Leaf, Gold, Bronze, Carriage Paint- 
ers' Supplies, cfe., ^"c. 

Agents for Villa,, Bay State and, other first- 
class Paste Paints. Also sole Agents for Averill 
Chemical Paint. 
Pure Lead, at Boston Pidces. 

Window Glass and Cordage. 

IN GREAT VARIETY. 

Wooden Ware, LIard,ware and, Housekeepers' 
Furnishings, Silver Plated Ware, 

Horse Clothing, Lap Bohes, Harness and Car- 
riage Dressing, Sheeps'-Wool Mats. 
Patent Medicines, 

Fanning Implements, 

Field and Garden Seeds, 
Fertilizers. 

Sole Proprietors of the Celebrated 

"Belle of Wakefield" Flour, 

Wakefield's Block. Wakefield, Mass. 



The Wakefield Water Co, 

DAVID H. DARLING, Freside-nt, CHAS. H. EVANS, Treas. 

Cffi'P., Wahefield, JVo. 1 Wakefield's Block, up 

one fiight. 
Office, SioneliUDv, 84 Main Sired, over San- 
horn cf Hill's Siore. 

Office Hours, Wakefield : From 7 to 9 P M. on Monday, Tuesday, Thurs- 
day and Saturday. 

Office Hours, Stoneham : From 2 until 4 o'clock, P. INI. on Thursdays, and 
fro.n 7 until g o'clock, P. M. on Saturdays. 

"V^-A^TEI^ 1^-A.TES- 

The Company have adopted the following rates until further notice : 

l>^velliiig Houses. 

Occupied by one family, for the first faucet 

For each additional faiicet to be used by the same family 

When a house is occupied by more than one family, and less than ff)ur, 

one faucet only being used for all, for each family 
For the first water-closet . - . 

For each additional water-closet 

For first bath-tub _ - - - 

For each additional bath-tub - - - 

For first faucet used for set laundry txib 
For each additional faucet - - - 

Boai'diiig Houses. 
For the first faucet . - . - 

For each additional faucet . . - 

For water-closet or bath-tub when used for boarders 

Other charges as above. 

Where two^ faucets are used, one for hot and one for cold water, both 
emptying into one bowl or sink, but one charge will be made for both. 

Stores. 

Occupied as office, shop, or similar purpose - $6 00 to $20 00 

For each additional faucet - - - 2 00 to 5 00 

For water closet or urinal - - - - 6 00 

F*rivate J^ tallies. 

For first horse - - • - - - $5 00 

For each additional horse - - - - - 3 0° 

For first cow - - - - - 2 00 

For each additional cow - - - - - i 00 

Hose. 
For sprinkling streets, washing windows, and similar uses, to be used 
only on premises and street opposite, not exceeding two hours per 
day for six months in the year - - - ■ $5 ^^ 

And for all other purposes and uses not enumerated in the foregoing rates, 
information can be obtained at the office of the Company. 

Geo. W . Harringion, Supt. 
Amos Hill, Agent, Stoneham Division. 



Annual Rates. 




$6 00 


- 


2 00 


our. 




- 


5 00 




5 00 


- 


3 00 




5 00 


- 


3 00 




5 00 




2 00 




$10 00 


- 


3 00 




ID 00 



Established in 1863, 



EVERETT W. EATON, 



Banh Building, Opposite Upper Depot. 



DEALER IN 



Flour, Grain, Produce 



FINE GROCERIES. 



We make special efforts to ohtain Choice But- 
ter and the best grades of Tea and Coffee. 



Goods delivered in njiy part of Wakefield. 



WM. B. JONES, 

TAILOR, 

Albion Street, - _ _ Wakefield. 

Personal attention paid to the 

Every garment made under my special supervision in my own 
Always on hand a good assortment of 

C X, O T H S , 

Such as SUITIA'GS, OVERCOATS and TROW- 

SRRIJVGS, of the very latest style and 

viake, both Foreign and Domestic. 

and good Workmanship an assured character- 
istic of this Establishment. My best ef- 
forts are always to please those who 
may favor me with their 
patronage. 



DR, S, 0, RICHARDSON'S 



(Established 1808.) 

Cures Dyspepsia ; 

Removes Dizziness ; 

Strengthens the System ; 

Gives you an Appetite. 

Its Good Effects are Immediate. 

Sold by Apothecaries and Druggists at 

OJ^E DOLLAR A BOTTLE. 

The roots and herbs may be had in packages with fnll directions to prepare 
them, either with or without spirits, at 

50 CEMTS A PACKAGE. 



Principal Office: 

Washington ,St„ Boston, 



GEORGE W. ABORN 



DEALER IN 



CO/L, WOOD, HAY, STRAW, k. 

Also Dealer in and Agent for the Sale of 

i^ej^Xj estate 



of every Descriptioji-, and in all parts of Wake- 
field. 



Albion & Railroad Sts., 

0pp. Upper Depot. 



LIBRARY LAMPS. 




Just received a large assort- 
ment of 

LIBRARY 

AND 

STAMD LAMPS. 

ALS() 

brown mazara 
brown'warwick, 

Decorated Dinner Sets 

Of 115 pieces, 

which we are selling 

at the very low price 

of $13.30 per set. 

Also a full line of 

Brown Inilns, 
Brofii Cairo, and 
f liite (Jranite Ware, 

occupying the entire 
second and third 
floors of iny store. 

Also a full assortment of 
Choice, Staple and Fancy 
Groceries, Flour, Grain, &c. 

Please call and examine 
our stock before purchasing 
elsewhere. 

A. S, ATHERTON, 

ALBION ST. 



EIB^TH'S 



HOUSEHOLD ALBUM 



Should be in Every Home. 




HE best arrangement ever devised for keeping Newspaper Clip- 
-"- pings, Household Bills, Cooking Recipes and papers of every 
kind where they may he found at onxe when wanted. No past- 
ing into books, or bother to index them. Far better than scrap 
books for young folks. 

Size of the album is 81/2 inches long, 614 inches wide and 214 
inches thick. Bound in either black, brown, red or blue, and will 
prove a most useful as well as ornamental article. 

Sent post-paid, for 75 cents, by the manufacturer, 

ELROY N. HEATH, 

WAKEFIELD, MASS. 
Dealer in STATIONERY of all kinds at manufacturers' prices. 



South Reading Mechanic and 



Agricultural Institution 



RAILROAD STREET, opp. Upper Depot. 



Incorporated, 1833. - - Capital $10,000. 



Thomas Emerson, President. 

Geo. O. Carpenter, Vice-President, 
Thomas Winship, Treasurer, 

Directors. — Jonathan T^ichols, James F. 
Emerson, T. E. Cox, John D. Morton, Ben- 
jamin Cox, Engene E. Emerson. 



THE 



WAKEFIELD BULLETIN, 

A I^iYe I^ocal Paper, 



Devoted entirely to the interests of Wakefield and its immediate 
vicinity. 



SUBSCRIPTION $2.00 IN ADVANCE. 



Office, Perkiris' Block, corner of Main and Al- 
bion Streets. 



The senior proprietor has had many years' experience in the local 
newspaper business and in this town, and knows well its business 
and social relations. 

W, H, TWOMBLY & SON, 

ALSO PUBLISHERS OF THE 



THE NT^TIONAL BA,NK 



SOUTH READING. 



Railroad Street, opp. Upper Depot. 



Capital, ^100,000, . , Surplus, $25,000. 



The Bank of South Reading, as a State Bank, was incorpo- 
rated in 1854. 

Cyrus G. Beebe, President, Thomas Winship, Cashier, 
Directors. — Cyrus G. Beebe, Thomas Emerson, George O. Car- 
penter, James F.Emerson, Daniel G. Walton. 



Established in 1875 




DEALER IN 



BOOTS, 

SHOES 



AND 



RUBBERS, 

OF THE BEST MANUFACTURE. 

The Mew Yorh Co. Perfect Fitting Fine Shoes ^ 
for Ladies' wear a Specialty. 



189 MAIN STREET, WAKEFIELD. 



D. H. Darling & Co., 



BANKERS 



INVESTMENT SECURITIES. 



MEMBERS OF THE 



Seu) Yox\ aui Boslou 2>^oc-\ ^xctvauqes. 



85 DEVONSHIRE STREET, Cor. of Water. 



BOSTON. 



EO. It. iUNBAR, 



nZSTE J"OB 



PRINTER, 



AND DEALER IN 



OF ALL KINDS. 



Every variety of Social and Mercantile Printing executed at short notice, in 
good style and at Boston prices or lower. Blocking done without extra charge. 

Rubber Hand, Dating and Self-Inking stamps at less than Boston prices. 

Your name with pads and indelible ink, for MARKING CLOTHING, 
for 50 cts. 



ROOM NO. 10, WAKEFIELD'S BLOCK, 

WAKEFIELD, MASS. 



THOMAS EMERSON'S SONS, 




MANUFACTURERS OF GENTS' & BOYS' 

Fine Hand-Sewed, Machine- Sewed Sf Jfailed 

iOOTS /?Nl> SPiOCS. 

Factory on Main St., Wakefield. 

Office at 105 Surmner St., Boston, Mass. 



WjlREFlELD SAVlf S B^NK. 



WAKEFIELD'S BLOCK, MAIN STREET. 



WAKEFIELD, MASS. 



Open Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 2 to 
5 and 6 to 8 P. M. 



Solon O. Richardson, Presidetit. 

Richard Britton, Treasurer. 

Vice-Presidents, Jacob C. Hartshorne, T. J. Skinner. 

Trustees, Cyrus Wakefield, W. S. Greenough, Everett Hart, A. 
W. Chapman, Thomas Emerson, T. J. Skinner, Joseph Connell, 
S. W. Abbott, C. F. Hartshorne, Geo. H. Sweetser, Wesley T. 
Harris, Geo. H. Maddock. 




#THE NEW HUB RANGE.* 

The Perfection of Becnifij and Utility. 

The New Hub is made 
A-ith Low Warming Clos- 
ets. Low Reservoir for 
HotWater,Cabinet Bases, 
and Water Fronts. 

The New Hub has Hub 
Towel Dryer, Patent Re- 
flex Grate, Large Broiling 
Door, Reed's Pat. Check 
Draft, Pat. Double Quick 
Damper, Oven Shelf for 
Basting Meats, Steel Fin- 
ished Edges and Panels. 

The Oven is the largest 
made. For Sale Every- 
where. Descriptive Cir- 
culars sent on Application 
to the Manufacturers. 

THE ANTHONY STEEL-PLATE FURNACE. 

Made in Five Sizes for 
either Portable or Brick 
Set Form. 

It combines every im- 
provement found in other 
furnaces, besides, any new 
and valuable features pe- 
culiar to itself. 

It is absolutely and per- 
manently gas and dust 
tight : delivers a uniform 
degree of heat, without 
wasting any in the cellar, 
and can be run as easily 
as a parlor stove. 

For Heating capacity, 
freedom from gas and 
ease of management The 
ANTHONY FUR- 
NACE is unsurpassed. 

Special descriptive cir- 
culars and cuts sent on 
application to the manu- 
facturers. We also make 
a full line of Parlor and 
Office Stoves. 

Manufactured by 

Smith & Anthony 
Stove Oo. 

Salesrooms. 
52 «fe 54 XJIVTOIV ST 

Foundries at Wakefield, Mass 




BOSTOIV, ]M^SS. 
For Sale Everywhere. 



S. F, LITTLEFIELD, A^t,, Watefleltl, Mass. 



Gate's Clotliincr House 



Comer of Main St. and Center St., 



Is one of the oldest business enterprises on the street— and we are here to stay. 
We have our living to get, and we would like to live well — not extravagantly, 
but decently well. In order to do this we must have the patronage of the citi- 
zens of our town and vicinity, and we embrace this opportunity to extend a cordial 
invitation to friends, acquaintances and the public genarally, to investigate our 
claims to your favors. 

We have a large and carefully selected stock of woolens for custom clothing. 
We have, we think, the largest and freshest stock of hats, caps, and gloves, to be 
found in this vicinity. We have a nice line of men's under wear, men's woolen 
over shirts, white shirts, collars, cuffs, neck wear, hosiery, suspenders, mufflers, 
silk handkerchiefs, &c., &c. 

We have a very large assortment of men's and youths' ready made Pantaloons, 
and also a good line of knee pants for the little boys, a good line of man's and 
boys' ready made suits, odd vests, cardigan jackets, over alls, jumpers, &c. , &c. 

We have a nice assortment of overcoats, which will be sold at a verj"^ low price. 
We haven't got the gall to say that we can or will sell you better goods at lower 
prices than our neighbors. But we do say, and we mean it, that we will sell you 
as good goods at as low a price as the same quality can be sold for in Wakefield, 
Boston, or any other place in this community, and don't you forget what we say. 

When we were prosperous, we loved to push on the reins', to make things move. 
We tried to be liberal. We certainly were not forgotten when the subscription 
paper was on the war path. We liked to see our beautiful town thrive and grow, 
and when we were away from town, we always loved to hear a good word 
spoken of our beloved adopted home. It is a gem in the crown that surrounds 
the head of the best state in the grandest country on this terrestial Globe. 

We were a soldier in the war of the Rebellion. We hope we shall not be consid- 
ered egotistical, when we say we did our duty to the full extent of our ability. 
We went in iSo lbs. in our stocking feet, and came out weighing 135 lbs., and 
didn't lose a day's duty while we were in the service of OUR country. We can- 
not get a pension, and we don't expect a government ofifice,— but, we would like 
to have the loyal liberty-lovmg patriotic citizens of Wakefield, come into our 
store and buy something, so that we can keep the commissar^' supplied with 
the necessities, yes, and occasionally, a few of the luxuries of life. 

Don't forget that we shall be thankful for small favors. "Every little helps," 
as the old saying goes. JOHN M. GATE, Agent 

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f.ATT/5N WARE}. 

UTILITY, DURABILITY cf ECONOMY COMBINED. 

ELE&ANT, DSEEUL HOUSEHOLD &OODS, 

O-A-lsTE FXJI^ISriTXJI^E, ETC. 

Ladies' Rock and Sewing Chairs, Gents' Reception, Library, 
Easy, Arm and Rocking Chairs, Office, Dining and Rustic Chairs, 
Ladies' Work Baskets and Stands, Settees, Tete-a-Tetes, Lounges, 
RecHning Ch?irs, etc., etc. 

b-a.sk:ets- 

Clothes, Laundry, Market and School Baskets, etc., etc. 

is^^f^TTiisrca-- 

P'or Churches, .Schools and Public Buildings. 

Includingall sizes, Plain, Fancy, Grooved, Striped and Bordered, 
Carriage Rugs, Lap Robes. 

iDiivfl:E2srsi03sr 3Sd:.A.TS. 

For Churches, Schools, Hotels, Theatres, Street Cars, etc., etc. 
Constantly in Stock, and Manufactured to Order, 

Chair Cane, Reeds, Brooms, WMow Shanes & Fixtures. 



WAKEFIELD RATTAN CO., 

115 WASHINGTON, STREET, BOSTON. 
Factories at Wakefield. 



CH/RLES I HAfiTSHOR!(E, 



APPRilSm. 



Real ^Istate and Insurance Igenoij, 



Main Street, Wakefield, 



Real Estate bought and sold on Commission. Houses rented, 
and all business pertaining to Real Estate will receive prompt 
attention. 



Insurance on all classes of property, effected, to any amount, in 
tirst-class companies, either Stock, or Mutual, on favorable terms. 
Policies written in this office, and losses promptly adjusted. 



Established 1863. Incorporated 1884. 

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ENDOR.SE1) BV 

LOUIS MAAS' "The Miller pianos are, in my estimation, the finest now- 
made." 

CARLYLE PETERSILEA, "Have never known any pianos to stand 
so ell in tune," 

WILLIAM H. SHERWOOD, "in my estimation positively superior 
to make that I have ever played." 

DE KONTSKI, "The Miller is certainly an exquisite piano, and is my 
decided favorite." 

CALIXA LAVALLEE. "The best instrument in every respect that I 
have ever played in my life, either in Europe or America." 

An elegantly illiLstrated catalogue, containing valuable information 
to those desirous of purchasing, with full particulars about the 

Artist Grand — Parlor Grand — Pedal Upright 
Upright — and — Square 

:pijl3^o-:f^ok.tes. 

Will be sent Free to those who write for it. 

Henril F. Miller & 3oiis Piano Co,, 

Ma/iufactorij at Wakefield, Mass. 

Warerooms and Offices at 156 Tremont St., 

BOSTON, MASS. 



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BUILDING ASSOCI/ITION 

Organized 1869. iNcoRPOR^vrED 1871. 

Has for its object the 



Purchasing, Selling. Leasing and Improving 
of Real Estate, 

Thereby increasing the property of the town and improving the 
condition of its citizens. 

PRESENT OFFICERS. 

Cyrus G. Beebe, President. M. S. Southworth, Treasurer, 

Cyrus G. Beebe, James F. Emerson, John G. Aborn, Junius 
Beebe and M. S. Southworth, Directors. 

ELIGIBLE LOTS FOR SALE 

And money advanced to build thereon, if desired. Plans, Speci- 
fications and Estimates for building purposes if requested, 
TERMS EASY, with prices representing actual values. 
OFFICE ON MAIN STREET, WAKEFIELD'S BLOCK, 

Room 3, up one flight of stairs. 
Wakefield, Mass. 



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Home Newspaper of Wakefield and vicinity, full of Local 

News, Crisp Comment and Choice Selections, 

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his vveeklv rounds. 



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IN THE STYLE OF BOSTON OFFICES. 
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